Karnataka Minister Named In Police Case Over Contractor's Suicide

The case has been registered under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for abetment of suicide.

Udupi police have registered an FIR against Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister KS Eshwarappa in connection with the alleged suicide of a contractor.

The case has been registered under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code for abetment of suicide.

Mr Eshwarappa's two associates, Basavaraj and Ramesh, have also been named in the FIR which was registered based on a complaint filed by contractor Santosh Patil's brother Prashant.

Mr Patil had accused the minister's associates of demanding a 40 per cent commission in the Rs 4 crore work he had carried out in Rural Development and Panchayat Raj department.