Even after five days, the political tussle over the suicide of Deputy SP MK Ganapathy's in Bengaluru. While the Karnataka government continues to maintain that there will be action after the CID probe into the death is completed, opposition is taking on minister KJ George and others.
The police official in his pre-death declaration accused George and two top officials of harassing him.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, "The opposition is doing politics for political gain. Investigation is going on and action will be taken accordingly. We have handed over the matter to the CID for investigation."
George, however, denied any connection with the police officer, whose body was on Thursday found hanging from the ceiling fan in a room at a lodge in Madikeri.
On July 4, the body of DySP of Chikkamagaluru sub-division Kallappa Handibag (35), accused of kidnapping a person for ransom, was also found hanging in his father-in-law's home at Murgod in Belagavi district.
Hours before taking the extreme step, in an interview to a local news channel in Madikeri, Ganapathy had said, "I am disappointed with transfers happening in police department, which is done on caste consideration. Top officials should not do this. It's not good. It is wrong. Therefore, I am coming out openly before the media," he had said.
Ganapathy had also said, "If anything happens to me hereafter, they are responsible. Who? (police officials) AM Prasad (IG-Intelligence) and Pranab Mohanty (IGP-Lokayukta), and also former Home Minister George..."
(With additional information from PTI)
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