Anupama row continues to haunt Karnataka government

Bengaluru: Nearly ten days after Deputy Superintendent of Police (DYSP), Kudligi Sub-Division Anupama Shenoy submitting her resignation, miffed over the interference of the liquor lobby in her functioning, the controversy over her resignation continues to haunt the state government.

Reacting to criticism from the public and NGOs that the state government had not followed due procedure before accepting her resignation, sources in the home department under which the police wing functions, said they had not violated procedure.

They claimed that the government has given ample time to the former DySP to change her decision, adding that the resignation was accepted only after she refused to give in to the request of the state government.

Ms Shenoy was serving in Kudligi Sub- Division and had resigned citing non-co-operation of her department in curbing the illicit liquor lobby in Kudligi. It was alleged that she had specifically mentioned this reason in her resignation letter, but later the Home department had insisted that she give a plain resignation letter without mentioning the reasons.  However, home department sources refuted the allegation and stated that Shenoy had not submitted two resignation letters to the department. It was just one letter which had been accepted after following the procedure, sources added.

Even Ballari district police officials maintained that Shenoy had not submitted two letters. Department sources stated that they had taken cognizance of the Facebook account of Shenoy, where she had repeatedly uploaded posts against Ballari district in-charge minister P.T. Parameshwar Naik. The relationship between Anupama and the minister had been anything but cordial after she kept his phone call on hold in January this year. Mr Naik got Anupama transferred from Kudligi but the transfer was revoked under public pressure.