Karnataka Govt flayed for no action against accused officials

BENGALURU: Despite protests across the state demanding action against former Home Minister K.J. George, ADGP Intelligence A.M. Prasad and Lokayukta IGP Pronab Mohanty, who were named by DySP M. K. Ganapati before committing suicide, the state government has not initiated any action against the trio.

Various organisations, including schools, have protested demanding action against those named by Mr Ganapati. But the government is not acting against them, saying the statement made by Mr Ganapati is just an allegation and it cannot act unless the allegations are proved.

But the government’s stand has angered even some police officers, who question whether the government would have acted in a similar fashion if a non-IPS officer was involved.

“There are instances where SIs, inspectors, DySPs and SPs are suspended as soon as they faced some serious allegations of harassment and corruption. But in this case, a DySP has alleged harassment and corruption and has also ended his life. But the government is blatantly ignoring it and is shielding the accused,” an official said.

“If the government cannot suspend the accused officials, it can at least ask them to go on leave till the CID completes its probe. The government can also transfer these officials to other posts, which are considered dummy within the department. But the government has not even sought an explanation from these officers. This shows the discrimination of the government,” another officer alleged.