Allegedly harassed by KJ George, Mangaluru DySP Ganapathi ends life

July 7, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 7: In the second case of suicide by a police officer in barely two days, M K?Ganapathi, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) attached to the office of the Inspector General of Police?(Western Range) in Mangaluru ended his life in Madikeri on Thursday.

The Kodagu SP Rajendra Prasad, who confirmed the suicide, said that Mr. Ganapathi had hanged himself, but the police are yet to ascertain other details.

However, Mr. Ganapathy, while speaking to the TV channel in Madikeri in the afternoon, accused Minister K.J. George and senior officers in the department of mental harassment. He had even cited a threat to his life in the statement, and bemoaned that despite having served with honesty, he was being hounded.

According to sources, Ganapathi went to Madikeri from Mangaluru on Thursday morning and rented a room in Vinayak Lodge near the KSRTC?bus stand. Around noon, he left the lodge in full uniform and went to a private local TV channel studio and gave an interview. During the interview, Ganapathi reportedly said that ADGP?A?M?Prasad, DIG?Pranab Mohanty and former home minister K?J?George were harassing him and he faced a life threat from them.

Later, he returned to the lodge and hung himself from a ceiling fan, still in uniform.
The incident came to light only after the police went to the lodge, but it is unclear how they found out about the suicide. He reportedly left a suicide note, in which he is said to have blamed senior politicians and senior police officers for the extreme step.

Mr. Ganapathy had a long tenure serving in various capacities in the Bengaluru city police, but it was also marked by controversies with the official accused of being involved in multiple encounters and suspended many times during the last six years.

He had served as an inspector at Yeshwantpur, Rajagopal Nagar and Madiwala police stations and had killed a rowdy sheeter, Prashanth alias Pacchi (20), in September 2010 in an encounter.

With the youth's mother taking up a legal fight saying her son was murdered, Mr. Ganapathy was suspended and a departmental inquiry later exonerated him.

He was again suspended in 2014 when he was inspector of Madiwala, when there were allegations that he had misused recovered property.

Due to these multiple inquiries and suspensions, his promotion from inspector of police to deputy superintendent of police was held up for over five years, which had caused him much heartburn, officers close to him in the department told The Hindu .

This incident comes quick on the heels of the suicide of Chikkamagaluru Rural Dy. SP Kallappa Handibag, who was accused of being involved in a kidnapping case.

His family had alleged that senior officers were harassing him and he had been fixed in the case.

Last month, Koppal Dy.SP Anupama Shenoy had quit her job, accusing the then Minister of State for Labour Parameshwar Naik of harassing her and not allowing her to discharge her duties.

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George must be thrown out of the govt,

RIP, will pray to god whoever is responsible for your death they will die within one year.

we lost such a good officer, all rowdy's in the department will raise.

really sad to hear, RIP Sir.

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Muslim Committee drops Jan 4 anti-CAA protest plan as cops refuse permission

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January 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 2: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi has dropped its plan to stage a massive protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens on January 4 at Mangaluru’s Nehru Maidan.

Addressing a press conference here today, committee chief K S Mohammed Masood made this announcement.

“All the 28 organisations that had decided to stage protest under the leadership of the Muslim Central Committee, have unanimously agreed to temporarily cancel the protest plan after the city police refused permission for the event,” he said.

Mr Masood requested the people, especially the youth, not to lose patience. “No one should head to Nehru Maidan on January 4 as Muslim leaders have unanimously decided to cancel the protest,” he urged.

S M Rasheed Haji, Y Abdulla Kunhi, Umar UH, Ibrahim Kodichal, B M Mumtaz Ali, Khasim H K, Mansoor Ahmed Azad and Asif Deals were present in the press meet.

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Muslim organisations felicitate State BJP Chief Nalin Kumar

I want to know from them wat was the need for this. Has this helped the ordinary Mangalore Muslims in anyway. I would not have asked abt this if the program was conducted in your house. But here it is done in the name of Muslims. We need to stop being intellectually dishonest

Young energetic Muslim brothers present in Dk ,please note we need young leaders to lead us . Wake up ... and take over .

We respect ur decision sir.

But there are a lot of questions about it on people's mind.

We need to be updated about ur next plan of action.

Are u planning to approach the court for gaining the permission from the police, bcoz otherwise I don't think we will get the permission

Secondly, a few days back I wanted to contact Muslim central committee office to confirm if the protest Wil be there. I googled for the no, but the no. did not exist. Does that mean the Muslim central committee does not have an office or telephone no????

This only shows how organised we are.

Requesting Muslim central committee to get their house in order. Get more professional. Also consult people to utilise various platform to responsibly collect funds from so many ordinary bearys who want to donate money, but don't know whom to send it to.

We need an action committee to handle such situations. It must consist a battery of lawyers to fight the cases filed by the police.

If our leaders are old, they need to groom new leaders into the committee.

Moreover, it is important to question these so called leaders about their fecilitation program conducted for making kateel wen he won the election. Wat was the purpose of such fecilitation. Becoz I don't think he gives a damn when our community suffered. I question, whether all this is done in our name only to gain your contact and flourish ur business???

Never ever dare to do so in the name of Muslims

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Another MLA in Karnataka tests positive for covid-19

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July 6,2020

Tumuku, Jul 6: Senior Congress leader and Kunigal MLA Dr H D Ranganathm tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.

The 48-year-old Congress legislature, a doctor by himself, was admitted to Manipal hospital and recovering, he said in a tweet.

Dr Ranganath said he took all precautions, yet could not save himself from the virus and advice people to not to take the contagion lightly.

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CAA: Kerala CM writes to 11 counterparts

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January 3,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday wrote letters to 11 Chief Ministers including Arvind Kejriwal--Delhi and Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal-- pointing out apprehensions that had arisen among large sections of society consequent to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) - 2019.

In his letter, the Chief Minister said "the need of the hour is unity among all Indians who wish to protect and preserve our cherished values of democracy and secularism."

People from various cross-sections of the society irrespective of any difference they might have, need to stand united in preserving the basic tenets of our polity which form the cornerstone of Indian democracy, he added.

"We are sure that our unity in diversity, which has stood the test of times will ultimately emerge stronger. Kerala has decided to address the apprehensions about NRC and that preparation of NPR will lead to NRC by staying all activities relating to NPR in the State," Mr Vijayan said.

In this regard, the Kerala Legislative Assembly had passed the resolution on December 31, 2019, expressing its concern regarding the impact the CAA will have on the nation's secular credentials, he said.

"The resolution requested the Central Government to repeal the CAA, 2019. States, which have the opinion that CAA should be repealed can also consider similar steps so that it will be an eye-opener to the proponents of the CAA and the NRC," the Chief Minister pointed out.

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