BENGALURU: The state cabinet on Thursday accepted the Justice KN Keshava Narayana Inquiry Commission report stating that there was no evidence against Energy Minister KJ GeorgeEnergy Minister KJ Georgein the suicide of DySP MK Ganapathy in a lodge in Madikeri in 2016.
The cabinet, however, rejected the commission’s recommendation of departmental enquiry against the then IGP AM Prasad and senior IPS officer Pranav Mohanthy, who had handled the investigation into the suicide.
“The cabinet has decided to partially accept the commission’s report and fully accept the former DGP MK Srivastav study report that there was no need to accept the former’s recommendation for a departmental enquiry against the officers. The case is closed now.
Both the commission and the study report have clarified that there was no evidence against George, then home minister, and the officers. The CBI had also given a clean chit to George,” clarified Law Minister HK Patil.
On July 7, 2016, Ganapathy had committed suicide in a lodge room after giving an interview to a private TV channel accusing George and the two IPS officers of harassment.
As the Madikeri Court ordered for registering an FIR against them, George resigned on July 18. The case was handed over to Crime Investigation Department (CID) which gave a clean chit to George on Sept.26, 2016, paving way for his return to the Siddaramaiah cabinet.
The government had, however, set up the Justice Keshava Narayana inquiry commission which gave its report on Feb.26, 2018. To study the eight volumes of the report, including the recommendations the government appointed MK Srivastav who gave his report on May 27, 2025.
Citing the High Court’s acceptance of the CBI report giving clean chit to the accused and the Supreme Court’s upholding of the CBI’s closure of the case through a Special Leave Petition (SLP), Srivastava in his report clarified that there was no need for departmental enquiry against the two IPS officers, said Patil.