Anantapur: Murder case registered after ex-TTD AVSO Satish Kumar was found dead
Investigators later alleged that Ravi had repeatedly stolen over the years. He was accused of amassing properties worth up to Rs 100 crore in Tirupati and Chennai.
By Newsmeter Network
Anantapur: Police have registered a murder case after former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Assistant Vigilance and Security Officer (AVSO) Y Satish Kumar was found dead under mysterious circumstances on the railway tracks at Komali village near Tadipatri on Friday morning.
Satish Kumar was a key link in the case and had earlier worked as an assistant vigilance and security officer (AVSO) with TTD. A native of Pathikonda in Kurnool district, Satish Kumar was posted as an inspector with Guntakal government railway police after his transfer from TTD.
The family alleged that the accused individuals in the Parakamani theft case were responsible for his death. He was found dead near the railway tracks after travelling by train to appear before the CID Tirupati for further questioning. Satish Kumar, currently posted as a CI in Guntakal Railway, had earlier appeared before the CID on November 6.
He left Guntakal for Tirupati by train around midnight on Thursday for another round of investigation. His body was discovered on Friday morning near the Komali railway station tracks in Tadipatri mandal.
Following Satish’s demise, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Sake Sailajanath demanded an impartial probe into the matter. Addressing the media on Friday, November 14, Sailajanath stated that Satish died by suicide following continued harassment by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Parakamani foreign currency theft case.
The Case :
The case dates back to April 2023, two members of the TTD Trust Board – then TTD board member and BJP State spokesperson G Bhanuprakash Reddy, and TTD Ex Officio member and TUDA Chairman C Divakar Reddy released CCTV footage from the surveillance cameras fixed at the Tirumala Parakamani (coins and currency notes counting centre).
According to the CCTV visuals, Parakamani volunteer and a staff member of the Pedda Jeeyangar Mutt, CV Ravi Kumar, was caught during frisking and found to have concealed foreign currency in his under garments, first estimated at $11,300 (Rs 9 lakh).
Investigators later alleged that Ravi had repeatedly stolen over the years. He was accused of amassing properties worth up to Rs 100 crore in Tirupati and Chennai.
The theft case registered at the Tirumala police station was shifted to the Lok Adalat, where a compromise settlement formula was reached in September 2023. Satish, originally a complainant, was accused of brokering the compromise deal with CV Ravi Kuma in the Tirupati Lok Adalat court in 2023.
