Assembly proceedings stalled over DySP's alleged suicide

As the alleged suicide of a DySp created a huge political storm in Congress-ruled Karnataka, an aggressive opposition today stalled proceedings in the Assembly demanding resignation of minister K J George named by the deceased along with two top police officers for his extreme step.
Forcing three adjournments over the death of Mangaluru DySP M K Ganapathy, opposition BJP and JD(S) members alleged that government was trying to "cover up" the case by handing it over to CID and by raising questions about Ganapathy's mental health as a result of his alleged family dispute, even before the probe.
Ganapathy (51) was found hanging from the ceiling fanin a room at a lodge in Madikeri on July seven, prior to which he gave an interview to a local TV channel, saying the minister and A M Prasad (IG-Intelligence) and PranabMohanty (IGP-Lokayukta) would be responsible "if anything happens to me."

As the Opposition launched an all-out attack on George demanding his sacking, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended him seeing "anti-minority" angle in BJP's charge. "You BJP people always target George or Roshan Baig (Minister) or Qamar ul Islam (former minister), because you are anti-minority. You are playing politics out of it. Georgehas nothing to do with this," he said.
The Chief Minister's remarks attracted strong criticism from the opposition benches with Opposition Leader JagadishShettar saying "you should be ashamed to make such remarks."
As Shettar accused Siddaramaiah of indulging inminority appeasement and politics over death, a war of words broke out between both sides.

Siddaramaih said he was speakingthe "truth".

Both BJP and JD(S) also demanded withdrawal of a suomotu statement made by Home Minister G Parameshwara at the beginning of the discussion.
Accusing the government of trying to spoil relationships within the family, they questioned "who are you to say that Ganapathy's relationship with his wife wastroubled? Who are you to comment on it? Take it back."
The Home Minister's statement quoting DySP's father Kushalappa's police complaint said that Ganapathy was under depression as he had family issues especially with his wife.
"When Ganapathy was working in Bengaluru, his wife and children were in Mangaluru. After he was promoted and transferred as DySP to Mangaluru, she continued ill treating him, because of this my son was under depression.

Losing hopes in life, he has committed suicide," Parameshwara saidquoting from Kushalappa's complaint in his statement.