Karnataka’s former Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who had to step down from the Cabinet following the suicide of a contractor who had accused him of corruption, has been given a clean chit by the police.
Claiming to have found no evidence for abetment of suicide by Mr. Eshwarappa in the death of Belagavi-based contractor Santosh Patil, the Udupi police on Wednesday filed a ‘B report’ in the case. The contractor was found dead in a hotel in Udupi on April 12 morning.
The 85-page-long report was filed before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru, which is the special court for cases against elected representatives. Sources said the police secured a report from the Forensic Science Laboratory that said the death of Patil was a result of consumption of pesticide.
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