Shivamogga
An official attached to the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation in Bengaluru was found dead at his residence in Shivamogga on Sunday.
Chandrasekharan P., 48, was accounts superintendent at the corporation’s office in Bengaluru. He allegedly ended his life, leaving a death note. According to sources, in the note he mentioned the misuse of large sums of funds in the corporation and also the names of senior officers allegedly responsible for his death.
The Vinoba Nagar police registered an unnatural death report on Sunday. Shivamogga Superintendent of Police G.K. Mithun Kumar told reporters that Mr. Chandrasekharan’s wife informed the media about the letter and handed it over to the police. “Based on her complaint, we have booked the case under Section 306 of the IPC (abetment of suicide),” he said.
Demand
Shivamogga MLA S.N. Channabasappa of the BJP has demanded the dismissal of B. Nagendra, Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Tribal Welfare, claiming that the death note referred to the role of the Minister in corruption.
The MLA told reporters that the official had mentioned the misuse of funds in the corporation. “He has mentioned the names of three people, including a bank official, in the death note. The officers whose names have been mentioned in the note should be arrested immediately,” he said.
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