"We have handed over this case to the CID. After the CID submits its investigation report, we will take appropriate action," he reporters here, as the incident put his government in a spot.
In the second such suicide case involving a senior police official within a week,Ganapathy was found hanging from the ceiling fan in a room at a lodge in Madikeri where he had gone from Mangaluru yesterday.
On July 5, the body of DySP of Chikkamagaluru sub-division Kallappa Handibag (35), accused of kidnapping a person for ransom, was found hanging in his father-in-law's home at Murgod in Belagavi district.
In an interview given to a local news channel in Madikeri, the DySP had mentioned names of two higher police officials and Minister for Bengaluru Development KJ George, a former Home Minister, accusing them of harassing him.
"I am disappointed with transfers happening in police department, which is done on caste consideration.Top officials should not do this. It's not good. It is wrong. Therefore, I am coming out openly before the media," he had said.
Ganapathy had also said, "If anything happens to me hereafter, they are responsible. Who? (police officials) AM Prasad and Pranab Mohanty, and also former Home Minister George. They (police officials) are close to Chief Minister and Home Minister, who give information to them."
