Mangaluru, Sept 2: More than a year after deputy superintendent of police M K Ganapathi committed suicide at a lodge in Madikeri, the demand for CBI probe into the case has reached Supreme Court of India. On September 5 the apex court would consider a plea for a CBI probe into the suicide.
Before his death, Ganapathi, then posted at the office of Inspector General of Police (Western Range), Mangaluru, had in television interviews accused Bengaluru Development Minister K J George and senior IPS officers A M Prasad and Pranab Mohanty of hounding him.
Hearing a plea by Ganapathi’s father M K Kushalappa for a CBI probe, a bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit on Friday allowed a request by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Karnataka government, for putting the matter for consideration on Tuesday. Senior advocate A M Singhvi appeared for George.
In its response to Kushalappa’s petition, the state government, through advocate Joseph Aristotle had claimed a thorough and in-depth investigation has been carried out by Criminal Investigation Department (CID). No prudent and reasonable person can term the investigation as either biased or not free and fair, it said.
During the probe, George had resigned as minister and two IPS officers were also transferred. The state also submitted that a judicial probe by former high court judge Justice Keshavanarayan has already been ordered on demand raised by the Opposition leaders in Karnataka Assembly. The report from Commission of Inquiry was expected shortly, it had said.
Kushalappa and his other son have challenged the High Court of Karnataka’s order of October 19, declining a plea for the CBI probe.
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