Former Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and former Minister K. Viajayarama Rao passed away at Apollo Hospital here on Monday, following brief illness. He was 87 and is survived by two sons and a daughter. His wife passed away a few years ago.

• Vijayarama Rao was handpicked by former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao to head the CBI at a crucial juncture of his term, when he was heading a minority government, marked by charges of bribing the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha to stay in power.
• At that time, he was in the rank of Director General of Police in-charge of half a dozen wings of police, including the Crime Investigation Department.