Instructs City Top Cop to provide adequate security
Mysore/Mysuru: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, who arrived in city yesterday evening, visited the house of former Intelligence Bureau (IB) Officer R.N. Kulkarni (82) at Sharadadevinagar here and offered condolences to his wife and children. He also instructed the City Police Commissioner to provide adequate security to the family.
It may be mentioned, the former IB Officer was fatally knocked down by a car when he was on his routine evening stroll in Manasagangothri campus at about 5.45 pm on Nov. 4 by his (Kulkarni) neighbour Madappa’s younger son Manu with help from his friend Varun Gowda. The two accused were arrested by the Police three days after the incident.
Speaking to media persons later, the Home Minister said that Kulkarni, who had served in the Intelligence Bureau at the Centre, had settled down in Mysuru after his retirement while his children were staying abroad.
Stating that Kulkarni was murdered by fatally knocking him down by a car deliberately while he was on his evening walk to project it as a road accident, the Home Minister lauded the City Police for their speedy investigation into the murder case by arresting two persons.
“Many prefer to settle down in Mysuru after retirement and there are many such elderly persons residing here. The murder of the former IB Officer for raising his voice against injustice should not send a wrong message to the society. Police will be instructed to take action against such issues in the initial stage itself to prevent such unfortunate incidents from taking place,” the Home Minister said.
Stating that Kulkarni’s fight against building violation will be followed up and will not allow it to go futile, Araga Jnanendra said that the Police will ensure that the accused are punished.
“The family members of Kulkarni will get justice and security will be provided to the family members. The issue pertaining to violations in the building construction was in the Court. After Kulkarni had lodged a Police complaint as there was a threat to his life, the Police had summoned both Kulkarni and his neighbour and had taken a written statement, asking them to sort out the issue in the Court. But still, the murder took place. Such incidents should not recur,” the Home Minister added.
Later, the Home Minister also inspected the under-construction building next to late Kulkarni’s house that had violated the building byelaws.
MLA S.A. Ramdas, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta and others accompanied the Home Minister.
Glad the government is offering protection to this family against criminal enterprise . Hope they had intervened earlier and saved a Life
This home minister with his caterpillar moustache looks like a thug!
If the son and his accomplice did this hit and run, why did they not skip Mysore?
Not a brilliant detective work when police go to the accused house and arrest the son! This fool, the home minsiter should wait and see how the case develops. It has all the signs of ending up in the Supreme Court, after going through the courts route.
I hear that the leader of the armed robbery which took place last year involving a jewellery shop, who this police commissioner Chandragupta and his bunch of police officers could not catch has been sen in places like Indore , driving a luxury car!
This fool, the home minister , by visiting the dead person’s family, when a murder case is pending, after an arrest , is breaking the law,
What kind of nonsense is this? This fool is also committing another offence by inspecting a construction , which is the subject of a dispute lodged in a court.
Only in India, the politicians, themselves criminals-otherwise, they will not achieve the positions they have, is active like this involving into a case.He should have send his condolences and kept away, as they do in Western countries, when there is a murder case.
What an idiot this home minister is, dropping to see the murdered family, when a police have arrested neighbour for an alleged murder.
This case is now with the court, and the minister should have sent his condolences without committing himself-because arrest does not mean that the persons arrested are guilty. Only the court can decide that. Inspecgting a ;pice of construction which is a dispute with the court is brwaking the law.
This minister is the same with the gang who demand 40$ commission from the contractors? Perhaps, this contractor who is building this so called illegal construction should have paid 40% commission to politicians like him, to shut him.