Ravi's phone call records have given key leads, says CID

 The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe into the death of IAS officer D K Ravi has revealed that the officer's mobile phone had registered the last call received at 11.22 am on Monday.

Sources said that he had also sent a message after this last call from his mobile phone before taking the extreme step. The CID police are questioning the persons, including a few of his batchmates, based on these calls.

On Thursday, the team of officials from CID questioned Ravi’s car driver and found that the officer was disturbed, while leaving for apartment from his office. Sources said that the call record details had given important leads to the police in the investigation.

“The call records hold the key to this investigation. The teams have been formed with specific jobs to probe the case from all angles. The probe aims at ascertaining the exact reason for the suicide. It could be work related, personal or multiple reasons,” an official said.             

The CID team also questioned Commercial Tax Department officials, involved in the investigation in cases of tax evasion by various companies. The officials have collected all files pertaining to the cases handled by the Commercial Department’s Enforcement (South) wing headed by Ravi.

On the other hand, initially Ravi’s family members and people from his village refused to give statements to a team of officials from CID. The CID officials had gone to Doddakoppalu to take statements of Ravi’s family members. The team had recorded the statements of Ravi’s brother and sister.

The officer’s family members objected to the investigation by the CID and demanded a CBI probe into the case. The CID team led by Superintendent of Police Kumaraswamy convinced the family members and assured them a fair investigation. The family members, including Ravi’s father and mother, finally gave their statements to the police team.

A senior official said that CID may submit an interim report to the government in three to four days. The preliminary post mortem report has stated that asphyxiation was the cause of death and that there was no injuries on the officer’s body.