In his last interview to a local television channel, Deputy Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy repeatedly claimed he was being hounded despite being an honest officer.
“If anything happens to me in the future, they (ex-Home Minister K.J. George, State Intelligence chief A.M. Prasad and IGP-Lokayukta Pronab Mohanty) are responsible,” he said, concluding the interview for News One .
The interview recorded on Thursday, hours before he was found dead, was aired by several television channels on Friday.
On his frequent transfers, Ganapathy said he was shunted frequently without being given a posting, and when he sought the reason, he was told it was done “under pressure from higher-ups”.
Referring to his stint in Mangaluru, Ganapathy said he was an Inspector at the Kadri police station when the church attacks took place in 2008. “There was a lathi-charge besides stone-throwing. I strived hard to bring the situation under control. I registered cases against people responsible for the violence. But political pressure was brought on me when the Congress government came to power and I was transferred,” he said. He alleged that Christians complained against him to Mr. George, and the Minister turned against him.
Ganapathy alleged that A.M. Prasad, who was then IGP, Mangaluru, used to ask him to arrange for transport to pick up his (Mr. Prasad’s) son, who was studying in a college in Udupi, to which he refused.
“He used to often indicate and demand favours and money,” he alleged.
He alleged that during his tenure at Rajgopalnagar station in Bengaluru, he was framed in a fake theft case and suspended. Mr. Mohanty also used to demand money, and he later went to the Lokayukta, he claimed in the interview.
He alleged that Mr. Mohanty and Mr. Prasad were close to Mr. George, the then Home Minister, and subsequently he was harassed as he was frequently transferred, his promotion held back and he was not given any postings.
He even said that he got his promotion only after there was a change of guard in the Home Ministry and G. Parameshwara took over.
Both the senior police officials against whom Ganapathy made the allegations were not available for comment.
