A
week after young and dynamic IAS officer D.K. Ravi died under
mysterious circumstances in Bengaluru, the Karnataka government has
bowed to pressure from the victim’s family, the public and Opposition
parties, and handed over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) - but with a rider.
“We
want the CBI to complete the probe and submit the report within three
months considering the sensitivity of the case. We will make this clear
to the CBI in our official letter,” a senior state minister said.
“Last
week, I too felt the need for handing over the case to the CBI.
However, as our CID police had commenced the probe, I wanted to wait for
the interim report.
"Now,
the Karnataka government has decided to entrust the task of probing the
death to the CBI because of the respect I have for his family,”
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah informed the Assembly on Monday March 23,2015
The
announcement was preceded by an insinuation against the Opposition to
which the BJP members took strong objection, staging a walk-out from the
House.
The Janata Dal-Secular, however, welcomed the state government’s decision.
Former
CM H.D. Kumaraswamy said: “We hope that justice will prevail
eventually. The state government should not have waited for this long.
It should have handed over the case to the CBI voluntarily.”
IAS officer D.KRavi died
under mysterious circumstances on Monday March 16,2015 with his body found hanging
at his government-allotted apartment in Bengaluru.
The
family members found him dead when they opened the apartment doors with
a second key after he had remained unresponsive since 11am
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner M.N.
Reddi had declared it to be a suicide case. However, over the past week,
Ravi’s parents, his wife and the public staged statewide demonstrations
demanding a probe by the CBI considering the threats Ravi faced from
the sand mafia and builders who he was investigating.
Karnataka’s
Home Minister K.J. George has refused to step down after the state
government decided to hand over the probe into the death of Ravi to the
CBI.
George
was accused of stonewalling a CBI probe allegedly because of his
business links with realty firms, which were being probed by Ravi.
Though George denied any links with such realty firms, there was pressure on him to quit ensuring a fair probe.
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