MADIKERI/BENGALURU: The case of DySP Ganapathy’s suicide is back to haunt the Congress with the BJP demanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Minister K J George’s scalps. Both are accused of tampering with evidence in the death of the DySP. Reiterating the BJP’s allegations is Ganapathy’s family. His brother M K Machaiah told Express on Thursday that they have no faith in the state’s investigating agencies as it may protect ministers and officers. “We have been asking the state government to hand over the case to the CBI but it never did and always maintained that it was a suicide. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report has proved that the CID officers destroyed crucial evidence to shield ministers and officers.” The DySP’s family had approached the Madikeri JMFC court to register an FIR in the death.
“I regret that my brother served the department for more than two decades. He was harassed by corrupt politicians and police officers, who obstructed him from discharging his duty.” When contacted, advocate Pavan Chandra Shetty, who represents Ganapathy’s family, said that he strove hard to take the case to the Supreme Court as the state High Court had refused them. “We want the case to be handed over to CBI. The forensic report reportedly says that at least 335 contacts had been deleted from Ganapathy’s phone, besides 2,400 photographs, 110 emails, 61 SMSes and 145 PDF documents. Call records pertaining to a prominent MLA and a minister too have been deleted but the CID had filed a closure report in the case.” He added the FSL report had brought the CID investigation under the scanner.
CM, George must resign: BJP
The BJP is set to mount another attack on CM Siddaramaiah and Bengaluru Development Minister K J George, demanding their resignations for ‘destroying evidence in the death of the DySP.’ “At least 145 videos, 31 audio files, 2,552 MS Word files, hundreds of emails, details of 45 to 50 calls and other documents from the mobile phone and computer of Ganapathy have been destroyed. It is clear that somebody powerful is behind this. This matter should be referred to CBI,” BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa said here on Thursday. Yeddyurappa alleged that the CM was protecting K J George. A BJP delegation will call on Home Minister Rajnath Singh on August 26 and apprise him of the need for a CBI enquiry into this case, he said.
