CBI to probe into M K Ganapathy's suicide case

Bengaluru: The Supreme Court has directed CBI inquiry into the death case of DySP M K Ganapathy.

Acting on a plea by Ganapathy’s father M K Kushalappa for CBI probe, a bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit said in the interest of justice, the matter should be investigated by the CBI.

“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.

The court, however, preferred to hand over the probe to the CBI with a direction to submit investigation report within 3 months.

M K Ganapathy, DySP at IG office in Mangaluru was found hanging at a guest house in Madikeri on 7 July 2016. Before taking the extreme step, he had named a minister and senior IPS officers as responsible for his death.