HYDERABAD: Former Keesara Tahsildar Erva Baswaraj Nagaraju, who was lodged in Chanchalguda Central Prison, allegedly died by suicide on Tuesday night. The jailers noticed his body hanging from ceiling inside the jail and informed higher officials.
A complaint has been lodged with the police by the prison officials for further legal proceeding. Nagaraju was in judicial remand after he was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials for his alleged involvement in bribery. The ACB officials registered two separate cases against him.
He was caught red handed by the ACB while accepting bribe of Rs 5 crore in exchange for official favour, in issuing passbooks for farm land in the name of different owners at Rampally under the Keesara revenue limits.
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