Businessman suicide case: HM assures action as per law

Bengaluru: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has assured that the accused in the death of a businessman will be punished according to the law.

The minister said that a police inquiry will be done into this matter and actions will follow in the future too in accordance with the law.

“The police cannot just randomly arrest anyone in this matter, an investigation will be done and the accused will be published,” he added.

Former Karnataka minister and BJP MLA Arvind Limbavali is among six people named in the FIR in connection with the death of a businessman.

Pradeep (47) was found dead in his car at Nettigere near here on January 1 evening, they said, adding that he had allegedly shot himself in the head.

He had purportedly left behind an eight-page death note that named Mahadevapura MLA Aravind Limbavali and five others, according to police.

Limbavali is accused number 3 in the FIR, which also names — Gopi K, Somaiah, Ramesh Reddy G, Jayarama Reddy, and Raghava Bhat.

The case has been registered at Kaggalipura police station.

The FIR is based on a complaint by Pradeep’s wife along with the death note.