DSP suicide case: CBI books K'taka Min K J George, senior police officials

The CBI on Thursday registered a case of abetment of suicide against Karnataka Minister KJ George and two senior state police officials in connection with the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police MK Ganapathy.

Apart from George, who was earlier the state Home Minister and is now the Bengaluru Development Minister, the police officers booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are Additional Director-General of Police (Intelligence) AM Prasad and Inspector-General of Police Pranov Mohanty.

The CBI's move comes following Supreme Court's September 5 directive to probe the death of the police officer and submit an investigation report within three months.

Ganapathy had hanged himself to death on July 7, 2016 in the state's Madikeri, about 250km to the west of the state capital.

In a television interview given hours before his death, Ganapathy had accused George, Prasad and Mohanty of harassing him.

"The complainant (Nehal) expressed the suspicion about the death of his father and had filed a written complaint before the police sub-inspector at the Kushalnagar police station (near Madikeri) on July 10, 2016. However, the police officer had allegedly refused to register the complaint," stated the First Information Report (FIR) registered by the CBI.
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