Mangaluru: A protest was staged by the district BJP unit outside the DC office demanding the resignation of Karnataka Minister K J George in the wake of the Supreme Court ordering a CBI probe into the alleged suicide of a DySP.
The apex court had on 5th September ordered a CBI probe into the death of M K Ganapathy, a deputy superintendent of Karnataka police, who had accused him and some senior IPS officers of harassing him.
Addressing at the protest on 16th September, Saturday, district BJP president Sanjeev Matandoor said that BJP has been pressing for handling the case to CBI from the time the suicide came to light.
“The case was handed over to CID and minister George was given clean chit within three months. However, DySP Ganapathy's family knocked the doors of the Supreme Court demanding CBI probe into the matter which was ordered a week ago”, he added.
“DySP Ganapathy was a sincere officer who served at different locations in Dakshina Kannada. If George does not resign from cabinet, we will continue holding statewide protests demanding the resignation of chief minister Siddaramaiah”, said BJP leader Devdas Shetty.
BJP general secretary Brijesh Chowta, BJP leaders Monappa Bhandary, Sathyajith Surathkal, Bharath Shetty, Kishore Rai, Vedavyas Kamath and others were present during the protest.
It might be noted that the 51-year-old Ganapathy was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a room at a lodge at Madikeri in Kodagu district on 7th July last year with the mystery surrounding the death raising a huge political controversy.
Prior to the alleged suicide, Ganapathy had told a local TV channel in an interview that the Home Minister George and two senior police officers A M Prasad and Pranab Mohanty would be responsible “if anything happens to me”.