Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said the police had been instructed to take up an inquiry regarding the episode of a few Agriculture Department officials allegedly writing a complaint to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot accusing Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy of demanding bribe from them.
This came after Assistant Directors of Agriculture Department in Mandya sought a probe into the matter so that action is taken against the persons behind the “slanderous” letter.
Joint Director of Agriculture Department, Mandya, Ashoka V.S. said the seven Assistant Directors of Agriculture Department in Mandya have also clarified that they were neither harassed nor was any demand for bribe placed before them from either the Minister’s office or the Joint Director’s office.
