Mangaluru: DySP Ganapati commits suicide in lodge at Madikeri, Second case of Suicide by a cop in a week

Mangaluru, Jul 7: In the second case of suicide by a cop in the state this week, deputy superintendent of police (DySP) M K Ganapati, who was serving in Mangaluru, allegedly ended his life in Madikeri on Thursday July 7. Ganapati (51) was serving as DySP in Mangaluru IGP office. About two months ago, he was transferred from Bengaluru, where he had served in various posts. He was inspector at Kadri police station during the 2008 church attacks, and had also served as sub-inspector in Bantwal, Puttur and Mangaluru. Sources said that Ganapati went to Madikeri from Mangaluru on Thursday evening and rented a room in Vinayak lodge. Before committing suicide, he reportedly left behind a suicide note, sources said. The receptionist of the lodge said that he came there alone in the morning and was out till afternoon. The incident came to light later in the evening when police personnel visited the lodge, sources said. He was found hanging from the fan and was in uniform at the time of death. The reason for taking the extreme step is not yet known, but sources said that he was being harassed by higher officers in the police department and a politician, and was also miffed with the state government over the issue of transfers in the department. Interestingly, in an interview to a local news channel in Madikeri earlier in the day, Ganapati said that he was being harassed and pressured by higher officers in various cases, and declared that if anything happened to him, former home minister K J George, Lokayukta IGP Pranab Mohanty and former Mangaluru IGP and present ADGP in state intelligence department A M Prasad would be responsible. Ganapati hailed from Munjarayapattana, Siddhapur near Madikeri and completed his education there. His wife stays in a flat in Mangaluru. On July 5, another DySP, Kallappa Handibag committed suicide in Belagavi after he was accused of kidnapping a man and demanding ransom. The case is being probed by the CID. More details awaited.   Source. www.Daijiworld.com