Allegations of cover-up after father denies DSP had marital problems

The suicide of DySP Madapanda Kushalappa Ganapathi is set to embarrass chief minister Siddaramaiah further as accusations fly of a police cover-up, after his father, Mr Kushalappa denied telling the police his son was depressed due to differences with his wife as mentioned in the complaint.

Mr Kushalappa further claimed on Saturday that the police had written the complaint themselves and merely taken his signature on it in a hurry even as the inquest of the death was in progress.

“I am not aware that my son and daughter- in- law had any problems at all,” he asserted.

Mr Ganapathi’s brother, Sathish Machaiah, said he and his father had told the police they would not give a written complaint and would only orally narrate the sequence of events.

“We asked the police to write the complaint themselves as anything my father said could have aggravated the situation. We were not aware that the couple had any problems. Only the investigation will reveal the truth. Although we trust the CID, the truth could get twisted after it submits its report. So we appeal to chief minister Siddaramaiah to hand over the case to CBI,” he added.

Another brother of the late police officer, DySP Thammaiah had in a joint press conference with IGP Southern Range, B.K. Singh on Friday, said his brother was depressed and was under treatment.

Meanwhile, the auto driver, Umesh who took

Mr Ganapathi to the office of the TV 1 Kodagu channel, told reporters that he hired him at around 10.30 am Thursday morning and asked him to take him to any of the local news channels.

“I took him to the TV 1 Kodagu channel and was asked by Mr Ganapathi to wait for as long as it took,” he said.