Karnataka Minister for Development and Town Planning KJ George resigned from his post on Monday after a court in Madikeri, Karnataka, ordered a First Information Report against him in connection with the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police MK Ganapathy (pictured above). Judicial Magistrate of First Class Court asked the state police to file the formal complaints against two senior police officers in connection with the case, reported ANI.

Reacting to the verdict, George said, "Whatever the Court decides, we will abide. I am 100% sure I will come clean." Preliminary investigations into the suicide of the senior police officer revealed that a nexus between state political leaders and senior police officers forced him to kill himself.

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Ganapathy was found hanging from a ceiling fan at a lodge in Madikeri, Kodagu district. In a suicide note that was recovered from the room, Ganapathy had named George, his son and senior officers, saying they forced him to take his life.

In an interview to a local TV channel, Ganapathy had said that if anything happened to him, the Congress minister, Lokayukta Inspector General of Police Pranab Mohanty and Additional Deputy General of Police (Intelligence) AM Prasad would be responsible.

A state cadre from the 1991 batch, the 51-year-old was accused of being involved in multiple encounters and suspended a number of times in the last six years. Ganapathy entered the police service under sports quota.

The Bharatiya Janata Party had accused the Congress minister of high-handedness and sought George's termination. “The death of Ganapathy is evidence that honest officers have no safety in Karnataka, as far as this government is concerned,” party leader Jagdish Shettar had said. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had ordered an investigation into the case by the Crime Investigation Department.