Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai addressed queries by reporters in Mangaluru regarding the case of abetment to suicide of contractor Santosh Patil against Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Minister K S Eshwarappa, on April 13, 2022.
The 36-year-old contractor from Hindalga in Belagavi district was found dead in a room of Shambhavi Lodge in Udupi on April 12.
The case was booked following a complaint by the contractor’s brother Prashant Goudappa Patil who came to Udupi on April 12 night along with other members of the family of the deceased.