Bengaluru: In a major setback for former Congress Minister and current MLA K.J. George, the Special Court for Legislators and Parliamentarians in Bengaluru yesterday ordered that a case be registered against him for his alleged role in the death of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy. The Court also ordered cases to be registered against two IPS officers Pronab Mohanty and Ashit Mohan Prasad accused in the case. Judge T.N. Inavally said that there is scope for investigation in the death case. This comes after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted a closure report to the Court in October last year.
The Court ordered that a case be registered under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide with common intention) along with Section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. Nehal Ganapathy, son of the deceased officer, had moved the Special Court. “...there is prima facie material against the accused persons to take cognisance of the offence punishable under Sec.306 of the Indian Penal Code and proceed against them,” Judge Inavally observed.
