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CBI makes fresh efforts to resolve IAS officer's death mystery

Last Updated 22 February 2018, 12:06 IST

In an apparent bid to resolve the mystery surrounding the death of IAS officer Anurag Tiwari, the CBI has started re-visiting the evidence and examining the witnesses.

According to the sources here, CBI quizzed Tiwari's friend and Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) vice-chairman P.N.Singh and some others a couple of days back to ascertain the sequence of events before the IAS officer's mysterious death.

Sources said that the CBI sleuths on Wednesday also visited the room where Tiwari had been staying with Singh before being found dead on the road in the state capital in May last year.

The CBI was also trying to ascertain the veracity of the statements of the witnesses and others with regard to the matter.

Tiwari, who was Commissioner of Food and Civil supplies and consumer affairs department in Karnataka, was found dead in May last year. His body was found lying on the side of the road a few metres away from the government Guest House on Meera Bai Marg on May 17.

Tiwari's postmortem report was inconclusive and the doctors had preserved his viscera and heart for further forensic examination to ascertain the cause of death. The viscera report too failed to provide any lead to the investigating agency.

Various theories made round after Tiwari's death. While the family members alleged that he had fallen victim to a conspiracy hatched by his superiors, who risked being exposed by Tiwari, the police said that 'drug overdose'' could also be a cause of death.

The CBI, which formally launched its investigation into Tiwari's mysterious death in June had visited Bangalore and quizzed the officer's superiors. It also visited Tiwari's native place in Baharaich town and met his friends. However, there was no progress in the matter.

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(Published 22 February 2018, 12:00 IST)

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