Karnataka minister Ok S Eshwarappa has been named in a police case in reference to the alleged suicide of Santosh Patil, a contractor who levelled corruption costs in opposition to the previous.
Patil was discovered lifeless in a resort room in Udupi on Tuesday morning. He had earlier accused Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Eshwarappa of demanding 40 per cent fee in a public work executed by him. The minister not solely dismissed his allegations but additionally filed a defamation swimsuit in opposition to him.
The FIR has been registered by the Udupi police for abetment of suicide underneath related sections of the Indian Penal Code. Two associates of Eshwarappa — Basavaraj and Ramesh — have additionally been named within the FIR, which was filed primarily based on a grievance by Patil’s brother Prashant.
On Tuesday, the opposition Congress launched a scathing assault on the BJP over Patil’s dying and demanded an FIR in opposition to the Karnataka minister and an impartial probe into the incident. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi accused the prime minister and the Karnataka chief minister of being complicit within the contractor’s dying, saying that the sufferer’s pleas to them went unanswered.
While Bommai mentioned the police will conduct an intensive and clear investigation, a defiant Ok S Eshwarappa, who’s dealing with the warmth over the dying of Santosh Patil, refused to resign from the cupboard, insisting he was not at fault and that he had even filed a defamation swimsuit in opposition to the deceased.
Patil’s spouse Jayashri informed reporters in Belagavi: “My husband is not the one who can commit suicide. It is a murder. A man who always advised people not to commit suicide cannot take such a drastic step. What does it mean that a man who happily spoke to me last evening is no more,” she requested.
On March 30, Patil, who had claimed himself to be a BJP employee, alleged he had executed a piece within the RDPR division and needed the fee however that Eshwarappa demanded 40 per cent fee within the Rs 4 crore work, prompting a the rival Congress to dub the ruling BJP as “40 per cent sarkar.” The Minister had not solely rubbished his cost then, but additionally filed a defamation swimsuit in opposition to him.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”