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PTI
Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday recommended a CBI probe into the death of Karnataka- cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari after his family members met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and expressed dissatisfaction over the handling of the investigation by the state police.
After his body was found under mysterious circumstances five days ago, Anurag's family had alleged that he was murdered at the behest of corrupt officers as he was about to expose a"scam" in the department of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs in Bengaluru where he was posted as commissioner.
Post-mortem examination had indicated that Anurag, 36, had died of asphyxia but police had said that an SIT team probing the case was awaiting the test reports of his viscera and blood samples and heart to find the exact cause of the death.
Circle Officer, Hazratganj, Avanish Kumar Mishra on Monday said that the UP police had registered a murder case against unidentified persons in the matter following a complaint by the officer's brother Mayank Tiwari.
Mayank, who along with his mother met the chief minister to press for a CBI probe, alleged that the scene of crime had been washed and the mobile phone was found in an unlocked condition."We demanded a CBI inquiry in order to find out why he was killed," his mother Sushila Devi told newspersons after meeting the chief minister.
