Saurabh Kumar (1983–2015) was an engineering officer with the Indian Railways, hailed as one of several whistleblowers[1] against Corruption in India.
He was killed under mysterious circumstances in Kharagpur after informing his family about receiving death threats for resisting pressure to approve tenders.
He confided in his friends and family that he was under pressure to approve tenders by "politically affiliated mafia members.
[2] Initially, the police refused to file a foul play FIR[5] and declared it as a case of death by snakebite.
[7] After mounting pressure on the internet, along with TV images showing most of the bedsheet soaked in blood,[8] the railway minister, Suresh Prabhu, ordered a probe,[9] and the police agreed to register an FIR for murder.