We will not protect anybody: Karna CM on IAS officer's death

Facing increasing heat over the demand for a CBI probe into the mysterious death of an upright IAS officer, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today asserted that his government was not protecting anybody nor hiding anything.
A day after Congress President Sonia Gandhi advised him to order a CBI probe into the case that has stirred strong public sentiments, he said, the government would make its stand known in the Assembly on Monday on the issue of giving the case to the central agency.
Siddaramaiah said the CID, now investigating the case, was also an independent body like the CBI, and added, "We are not going to hide anything. We are not going to protect anybody. We are also particular that the truth should come out."

As the Assembly session was on, he would spell out the government stand on the floor of the House, he said.
Launching a joint offensive against the Siddaramaiah government, BJP and JDS have stalled Assembly proceedings for three days and met the Governor seeking his intervention to advise the chief minister to order a CBI probe.
Siddaramaiah said he had informed the Congress president of the developments in the case, "But madam has not instructed me to do like this or that. She told us that it is for the government to take a decision and given free hand to the government."

As protests gained momentum, Siddaramaiah said he understood the sentiments of the people and of the parents of 35-year-old D K Ravi, who had made a mark as an honest officer taking on the land and sand mafia and tax evaders.
"I am making it very clear that the government is not going to protect anybody. We are not going to hide anything," Siddaramaiah said. "We are very transparent in this. We are also very particular that the truth comes out. People of Karnataka should know the truth."
Ravi's distraught wife Kusuma had been hospitalised here, her father Hanumantharayappa said.