Karnataka minister George booked by CBI in Dy SP Ganapathy suicide case

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a suicide abetment case against Karnataka Minister KJ George in connection with suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police M K Ganapathy.

The CBI has also booked then Bengaluru City's Additional Director-General of Police (Intelligence) A.M. Prasad and Inspector-General of Police Pronav Mohanty in the case.

The case has been registered pursuant to the Supreme Court directive on September 5, directing the CBI to investigate into the police officer's death.

As per the court complaint filed by his son Nehal, his father died as he was being harassed by the three accused.

"The complainant expressed the suspicion about the death of his father and therefore, he had filed a written complaint before the police sub-inspector at the Kushal Nagar police station on July 10, 2016.

Mangaluru Dy SP Ganapathy had committed suicide on July 7, 2016 and in a video message named KJ George, AM Prasad and Pranab Mohanty responsible for his extreme step. The opposition, both BJP and JDS, held massive protests against KJ George and made sure he resigned from the ministerial post.

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