Suicide of Parameshwara's PA should not be politicised: Karna

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said the alleged suicide of senior Congress leader G Parameshwara's personal assistant should not be "politicised" and investigation is on into the case.

He also said a case of "unnatural death" has been registered based on phone calls and post mortem of Ramesh, the assistant, who was found hanging from a tree here on Saturday, days after Income-Tax sleuths conducted raids against Parameshwara.

"... the DCP there will take necessary action... It should not be politicised, because everything has come in media. Parmeshwara also has said everything.. there is no politics in it.," Bommai told reporters in Hubballi.

The Congress in Karnataka has described Ramesh's suicide as an outcome of "targeted harassment" of their rank and cadre to keep them away from the party.

The I-T sleuths, who raided the residence, office and Siddharth Group of institutions belonging to Parameshwara three days ago, had questioned Ramesh too, party sources have claimed.

An alleged suicide note found from the spot where Ramesh's body was found hanging, read, "I am rattled with the I-T raids in my house and have decided to commit suicide to protect honour.

Anguished with the culture that the poor should remain poor forever, I arrived at this decision."
Noting that he was deeply "pained and saddened", the former Minister said, " he (Ramesh) was a good boy, young age.. he had nothing do with things, it is unfortunate. He was doing his duty honestly, other than that nothing else."