The suspicious death of former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Assistant Vigilance and Security Officer (AVSO) Y Satish Kumar, whose body was found on the railway tracks at Tadipatri on Friday morning, triggered a war of words between the YSR Congress party and the Telugu Desam Party.

Satish Kumar was a key witness in the alleged theft of currency in Parakamani of the Tirumala Temple in April 2023.

He was the one who caught C V Ravi Kumar, a head clerk at Jeeyar Mutt, for stealing foreign currency and later got the issue compromised at Lok Adalat.

Within hours of the news about Satish Kumar’s death surfaced, the YSRCP began issuing statements, blaming the special investigation team for the death and alleging that it was because of this harassment, he had committed suicide by jumpin

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