Ramalinga Raju goes offline in web

Hyderabad Jan 9 :Ramalinga Raju announced his departure from Satyam Computer after admitting to the country's biggest ever corporate fraud, a website by his name, launched supposedly by his fans last week, today vanished into oblivion.

The website was launched with much fanfare last week by some people claiming to be Raju's well-wishers, who blamed media for giving him bad publicity.

Attempts to reach the site, which was available till Wednesday, was displayed "page not available" or "webpage cannot be found" error messages.

With a tag line of "Satyameva Jayate" (truth shall win), the website was soliciting public support for Raju. Various postings on the website had said Raju was a hero for them.

After the launch of the website, a Satyam spokesperson had said that it was not an official website and that "some well-wishers might have hosted it".

However, the disclosure of financial fraud at Satyam on Wednesday has led to flooding of internet message boards with postings ridiculing Raju.