Mangaluru, Jul 9: Two days after Deputy Superintendent of Police M K Ganapathi committed suicide in Madikeri, a team of the Criminal Investigation Department, led by Additional Director General of Police C.H. Pratap Reddy, on Saturday visited the office of Inspector General of Police (Western Range) in Mangaluru, as part of investigation.
Ganapathi was working with the IGP's office since about four months. Before hanging himself in a hotel room, the officer had told a local television channel that he was being harassed by Minister K.J. George and IPS officers A.M. Prasad and Pranab Mohanty. The government had ordered investigation into the suicide following State-wide protests.
Mr. Reddy told reporters that the agency took up the investigation on Friday and Inspector General of Police (CID) Hemanth Nimbalkar had visited Kodagu district on Friday and Saturday. Since Ganapathi was working and staying in Mangaluru, the team has come to gather more information, he said.
IGP (Western Range) Arun Chakravarthy said that the team conducted the spot inspection of Ganapathi's office, collected several records and also his service records.
In Kodagu
On the other hand, another CID team led by IGP Hemanth Nimbalkar visited at Ganapathi's house in Rangasamudra in Kodagu.
They spoke to Ganapathi's wife Pavana, sons Nehal and Sahil, and brothers Thammaiah and Machaiah. The team has also collected separate opinions from Ganapathi's wife and sons. Speaking to the media, Nimbalkar said: “As the investigation is under progress, we cannot divulge details.”
In Madikeri, the CID?officials visited the office of the local channel which aired Ganapathi's interview, and spoke to auto driver Dinesh and the staff of Vinayaka Lodge where the DySP committed suicide.
Machaiah said that the case should be handed over to the CBI. “The handing over the case to the CBI will give justice to my brother and peace to his soul,” he told the media.
Machaiah said the state government has handed over the case to the CID. “We do not have any suspicion on the probe by the CID. As there is a possibility of twisting the case, we want the case to be probed by the CBI,” he said. “I accompanied police personnel to the room where my brother committed suicide. There was no death note. There were two pen drives,” Machaiah added.
On the other hand, Ganapathi's father Kushalappa has clarified that he did not submit any written complaint. “During the post mortem of my son, the police had asked my signature. I have not read the copy. In fact my other son Thammaiah only helped Ganapathi to get transfer to Mangaluru. As he was in Mangaluru, he did not discuss any family issues with me. He had come home two months ago,” he added.
A native of Rangasamudra near Kushalnagar, Ganapathi was a former employee of BEML and joined the police force as a sub-inspector in 1994. He first served at Aldur and Sakarayapatna (both in Chikkamagaluru). His other postings were, Mangaluru, Puttur, Ullal and CID office in?Bengaluru. He was again posted to Ullal, Bantwal, Kadri (in Mangaluru), Lashkar (Mysuru), DIG office (in Bengaluru), Yeshwantpur, Madiwala, IG?office (in Bengaluru), Bengaluru Rural and finally IGP?(Western Range) office in Mangaluru after he was promoted as DySP. He was transferred every two or three years.
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