Hyderabad, Nov. 16 -- An Andhra Pradesh police officer, a key witness in the theft of cash offerings at the renowned Tirumala temple in Tirupati district, has been found dead, with police suspecting it to be a case of murder, officers aware of the matter said on Saturday. The body of armed reserve inspector Y Satish Kumar was found on the railway tracks near the Komali railway station in Tadipatri mandal on Friday morning. Officers said that Satish had boarded the Rayalaseema Express from Guntakal to Tirupati the previous night. "The CCTV footage from the Guntakal railway station parking area shows him arriving at 11.50pm on Thursday and parking his motorcycle before entering the station," a senior Tirupati Police officer said on anonymity. Satish had earlier worked as the assistant vigilance and security officer in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which administers the Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala Hills. In April 2023, he filed a complaint with the Tirupati Police, alleging that CV Ravi Kumar, a head clerk in the Pedda Jeeyar Swamy Mutt, misappropriated $900 during the counting of cash offerings received by the deity at the temple's Parakamani (temple currency counting centre). Pedda jeeyar Swamy mutt is a Hindu religious institution attached to the Tirumala temple. Police initially suspected Satish's death to be a case of suicide. However, post-mortem examination at Anantapur government hospital revealed a deep, blunt-force injury to the back of the head, consistent with a targeted assault, officials said. Following a complaint filed by Satish's brother Y Srihari, the Tirupati railway police registered a case of murder under section 103(1) of BNS and launched a probe....