Vijeth Hegtur, 26, driver of Sringeri tahsildar’s official vehicle, was found dead at Hegtur in Sringeri taluk on January 29 evening. He is suspected to have died by suicide in the farm owned by his family at Hegtur.
He was found dead at a time when the Revenue Department is probing into the alleged corruption and irregularities in issuing certificates regularizing housing properties by the Sringeri taluk office.
Anti-Corruption Bureau Police had arrested Sringeri tahsildar R. Ambuja and village accountant Siddappa while accepting a bribe for regularisiation of a residential property on January 6.
