Mangaluru, Jul 8: Just before his death on Thursday, in his final interview to a local TV channel in Kodagu, Deputy Superintendents of Police from Mangaluru, MK Ganapathi, had accused former home minister of Karnataka KJ George and a few senior policemen of harassment.
Expressing shock over the suicide of two DySPs in a span of three days in the state, former Director General and Inspector General of Police Shankar M?Bidari said that it was a matter of shame that an honest and gallant officer like Ganapathi was driven to such a situation.
“It is shocking. He was an honest, gallant and capable officer. He had all the commendable and admirable qualities of any officer and gentleman from Kodagu,” he said.
Meanwhile, a senior officer in Bengaluru on condition of anonymity said: “I have known Ganapathi for two decades. He was an honest officer and was punished for being upright.''
Another officer said that Ganapathi's suicide could be linked to a realtor close to a former home minister (KJ George). The officer said that a few days ago Ganapathi was pressured to help the realtor who is close to the former home minister.
“Ganapathi was fed up with the indifferent attitude of the IPS officers and had even opposed the nexus between some IPS officers and realtors,” the officer stated.
Many police inspectors opted out of Bengaluru City as they could not bear pressure for money from higher-ups, said another officer who was a close friend of Ganapathi. Another officer, who was promoted as DySP two years ago, said that he too decided to shift out of Bengaluru for the very reason. “The real estate lobby rules the department.?Some IPS?officers often finalise deals with the realtors,'' an officer pointed.
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 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.
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If so, he should have faced life to nail George. satta danake haalu jasti kanno
he forgot beating up peaceful christians nuns and priests in church while prayers going on- who provides most of the basic education and medical in mangalore (non commercial) Justice has its own way !
Ramachandra, Mangalore
There are a lot of SICKular news channels
their is no place for the good officer who stand for good cause,. big ghost like george will reach the high. but atlast one day he also have to die by not taking anything from this world.
two death one resign we want justice, and freedom from this politicians.
what i m hearing from mangalore, police officers are taking extreme steps and resigning. what about the common people! we are also not getting our rights because of this corrupt politicians.
Look at the differences if the accused belongs to bjp,headline will be BJP Minister and if not only george
George has no respect in the society, he is the most corrupt minister of karnataka, rowdy!! dismiss him.
we want justice for most prominent officer's death, george should resign and should be behind the bar for atleast 10years
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