Dy SP death: CBI books K’taka minister, senior cops

New Delhi, October 26 

Karnataka minister KJ George, former IGP (Lokayukta) Pranov Mohanty and ex-ADG of police (state intelligence) AM Prasad have been named in an FIR by the CBI in the case of mysterious death of Deputy SP MK Ganapathy.

Ganapathy was found dead at Madikeri in Karnataka on July 7 last year.

The Supreme Court had handed over the probe to the CBI in September. According to the rules, the agency has re-registered the FIR of the Karnataka Police alleging that prior to his death, Ganapathy had said that George, Mohanty and Prasad are responsible for his death.

A Supreme Court Bench, comprising justices AK Goel and UU Lalit, allowed the appeal of MK Kushalapp, father of the deceased police officer, filed against the order of the Karnataka High Court rejecting his plea for a CBI probe into the death case.

"There are certain startling facts in the case. Whether it is murder or suicide, it is required to be investigated," the Bench said. It asked the CBI to file a status report on the probe within 3 months. It was claimed in the appeal that before his death, Ganapathy had accused George and senior police officers of harassing him. — PTI