Karnataka Conꦡgress leader B Ramanath Rai on Saturday asked the state government to hold a judicial enquiry into the role of BJP leader K S Eshwarappa in the suicide of contractor Santho🌱sh Patil.
Addressing reporters here, Rai said the death note of the deceased contract🦩or had implicated Eshwarappa and alleged that the BJP leader's actions had driven him to suicide.
The decision of the state police to give a clean chit to Eshwarappa has aggravated the miseries of the family of 🅠the deceased, Rai said, adding, that they have losꦍt all hopes of justice.
The ⛦clean chit given to Eshwarappa by the police in the contractor suicide case is not a victory for truth but a vic🧸tory for falsehood made out with political influence, the former minister said.
The case should be probed by a sitting judge to brin𒊎g out the truth, he said.
Contractor Santhosh Patil's suicide on April 11 this year had created a major controversy in the stat🌃e, with the man sending a message to his friends before taking his life a🐻lleging that Eshwarappa was the sole reason for his death.
Eshwarappa later resigned as rural development and panchayat raj minister following allegations of corruption in awarding contract๊s.
(Inputs from PTI)
