Udupi, May 26: Udupi MLA Raghupathy Bhat exactly after 3 years 11 months and 15 days of the incident has come out before media to plead his innocence as he was suspected following the unnatural death of his wife Padmapriya.
“I have taken oath before Dharmasthala Manjunatha Swamy in the presence of my mother and kids telling that I am innocent in the case and whatever has happened, is without me playing any role in it. I am in no way connected to her death. The reports tell the death is due to suicide,” he said.
The Padmapriya missing case was registered on June 10, 2008. It was followed by dramatic twists and ended in her suspicious death raising several vague queries.
Speaking to media persons here on Friday, the MLA clarified that he has no role in the suspicious death of his wife Padmapriya. “I neither murdered her nor conspired for her murder,” he categorically stated and added that CoD has already finished the inquiry and has submitted the charge sheet before court.
The report holds Atul responsible for the death. The case is in the inquiry phase in Udupi's Sessions court. The case was handed over to CoD on July 16, 2009, he said.
Stating that he had to break his silence over the issue before media after a long gap as he was deeply hurt and his children were put in confusion, owing to opposition parties indulging in maligning his character by making him responsible for Padmapriya's death.
“It is totally untrue and opposition parties are doing it specially to ruin my political career. The attempt to defame me has gone deep especially during recent Lok Sabha elections. The tragedy has struck my family. I and my kids are trying hard to cope with the situation and the developments pointing me as the culprit,” he added.
Giving ample evidences including forensic report, post mortem report and death certificate to prove his innocence, the MLA said that he always maintained silence as he felt the issue was within family and that he did not want to come before public.
The Forensic report was made available on April 13, 2009. The post mortem was conducted by R K Sharma in Delhi who is an expert in handling complicated cases.
Moreover, the door of the Dwaraka apartment where Padmapriya committed suicide was opened in the presence of Delhi and Karnataka police as there was a need to maintain transparency in every act, he added.
Bhat said the trauma took place for the sake of trusting a beloved friend who stabbed at back.
The chargesheet filed by CoD against Atul contains no charges against him for abetting Padmapriya to commit suicide. So I appealed before High court to add the said charges against Atul in the chargesheet filed by CoD.
However, Atul has got the stay order in connection with the charges alleged against him following which the case is under trail in Udupi Sessions court, he added.
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