Driver’s death: Govt mulls CID probe; KAS officer still missing
BENGALURU: Two days after the suicide of Ramesh K C, the driver of a Karnataka Administrative Service officer, the state government is considering to hand over the probe into the case to the CID. Ramesh (31), in a suicide note, had alleged that the KAS officer Bheema Nayak, a special land acquisition officer based in Bengaluru, had helped launder Rs 100 crore for mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy ahead of his daughter’s wedding.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs T B Jayachandra said that he had obtained the report on the case from the Mandya Superintendent of Police. While expressing confidence that the case will be pursued to its logical end, he also said, “I will be discussing this with the Chief Minister and Home Minister to decide whether the case should be handed over to CID.”
Meanwhile, Nayak remains absconding and Assistant Commissioner G V Nagaraj Reddy has been given additional charge of his post. The orders have been issued by Deputy Commissioner V Shankar.
On Thursday, a team of police from Maddur town visited Nayak’s office in VV Towers on Ambedkar Veedhi. Police sources said they were gathering details on Nayak. A few records that were relevant to the information mentioned in the suicide note of Ramesh, a few personal diaries that Nayak had maintained and also the attendance book were studied.