Karnataka minister charged in Deputy SP’s death

Ganapathy was found dead at Madikeri in Karnataka on July 7 last year. The Supreme Court had hand-ed 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 A K Goel and U U Lalit, allowed the appeal of M K 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 in a fair manner,” the bench said. It asked the CBI to file a status report on the probe before it within 3 months.