Daijiworld Media Network- Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Oct 4: The central bureau of investigation (CBI), which has been investigating the IAS officer D K Ravi death case has come to the conclusion that the death was not a murder, but a confirmed suicide.

The CBI is set to file a ‘B’ report before a sub divisional magistrate once it gets approval from CBI headquarters, said CBI sources.

It is learned that the report was ready a week back and will be filed under section 174 of the criminal procedure code within couple of days. As the case was directly given to CBI without any first information report (FIR), the CBI will file the case in a court. And there will not be any further registration of any FIR for prosecution of anybody in the case.

The CBI has its own protocol and as per it the final decision of the headquarters is awaited based on all the reports submitted to headquarters.

D K Ravi (34), a 2009 batch IAS officer who was working as additional commissioner of commercial tax (enforcement) in Bengaluru, was found hanging at his official residence in Koramangala on March 16. In the beginning there were allegations that officer was murdered for adverse positions he took against anti social elements as IAS officer.

The CBI was entrusted with the investigation of the case on March 23 and it registered a preliminary enquiry on April 16 on the request of the state government.

The CBI during its investigations found that Ravi was involved in a land deal where he was associated with a real estate company R and H Properties with his friend Hari Krishna. Ravi’s wife Kusuma and his IAS batchmate’s husband were also the investors in the company. The company was trying to acquire 50 acres of land.

Post mortem on Ravi’s body had concluded that death was caused by ‘asphyxiation due to hanging'. Experts at the central forensic science laboratory (CFSL) and all India institute of medical sciences have confirmed that there was no foul play in Ravi’s death. A viscera test at CFSL also said that Ravi committed suicide.

Initial investigations had indicated that Ravi had communicated his intent to take his life in a mobile message to his woman IAS batchmate. The state government had too initially told the Karnataka High Court that a failed relationship with his batchmate was a key factor in Ravi’s death.

The CBI which had probed Ravi’s professional and personal lives for evidence that could suggest involvement of any form of external coercion leading to his death, has come to a conclusion that there was no professional reason behind the death. The report says that Ravi was depressed due to personal reasons which made him take the extreme step.