Bengaluru: The Commission of inquiry headed by former High Court Judge K.N. Keshavanarayana that probed the death of Dy. Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy submitted its 320-page report to the State Government yesterday.
The Commission was set up in July 2016 after Ganapathy was found hanging in a room at a lodge in Madikeri on July 7, 2016. Ganapathy had blamed the then Home Minister K.J. George and senior IPS officers A.M. Prasad and Pronab Mohanty in an interview hours before his death. After a furore, George was forced to resign from the Cabinet. He was reappointed as Minister after the CID gave him a clean chit.
Keshavanarayana handed over the report to Additional Chief Secretary Subash Chandra in the presence of Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy. “It is now left to the government to take action on the report, either by placing it in the public domain or holding it back,” Keshavanarayana said, adding that the statements of 48 witnesses and two Police officers (investigating officers) were recorded by the Commission.
Interestingly, the Commission has not questioned Bengaluru Development Minister George, and two IPS officers. This has led to speculations that the trio have been given a clean chit by the Commission. Though the CID, which enquired into the case, gave a clean chit to the trio, the CBI, which is probing the case, has registered FIRs against all three of them.
Subash Chandra said the report would be reviewed and “most likely” be placed before the Cabinet.
This post was published on February 27, 2018 6:34 pm