UP Police registers murder case in IAS officer Anurag Tiwari's death

Uttar Pradesh police on Monday registered a case of murder in the mysterious death of Karnataka cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari, who was found dead near a guest house in the state capital on last Wednesday.
 
Tiwari's elder brother Mayank lodged a complaint in the Hazratganj police station here seeking registration of a murder case against unknown persons.
 
Mayank, in his FIR lodged with the police, said that his brother had told him that he was working on some file, which could unearth a big scam and expose many Karnataka officials.
 
''My brother was being pressurised to sign some papers...he had declined to sign them...that was why some people were exerting pressure on him,'' Mayank claimed in the FIR.
 
He also said that Anurag was a ''honest'' officer and had been ''transferred seven to eight times in his ten year career,''.
 
Mayank also claimed that Anurag was a ''late riser'' and had not been a morning walker. Initially the police officials here had suggested that Tiwari might have been knocked down by a speeding vehicle during morning walk.
 
Police sources here said that a special team of the state police would be leaving for Bengaluru shortly to gather detailed information about the IAS officer and also ascertain the veracity of the allegations made by his family members.
 
''The superiors of Anurag Tiwari may be quizzed also,'' said a senior official here on Monday.
 
Tiwari's family members also met Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath here on Monday and sought a CBI probe into the matter. ''We have been assured by the chief minister that a thorough investigation will be conducted in the matter,'' Mayank said.
 
Sources said that the state government was likely to recommend to a CBI probe in the case.
 
Tiwari, who was commissioner, food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department in Karnataka, was found dead here on Wednesday. His body was found lying on the side of the road a few metres away from the Meerabai Guest House.