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Case against K S Eshwarappa: Seven teams sent to various parts of Karnataka to collect evidence

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Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Pratap Reddy said that seven police teams have been sent to various parts of Karnataka to collect evidence in the investigation into the abetment to suicide case against former Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K. S. Eshwarappa and two of his aides in the Udupi Town police station.

Speaking to mediapersons in Udupi after meeting police officials, Mr. Reddy said that he arrived in Udupi to guide the investigating teams in the alleged suicide of civil contractor Santosh Patil. Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), which is an independent agency, has been requested to give its report at the earliest, he said.

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