Contractor suicide case: KS Eshwarappa announced his resignation as a minister earlier today.
Belagavi, Karnataka:
The family of Santosh Patil, the contractor who allegedly committed suicide, on Thursday said they were not upset over the resignation of Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) minister KS Eshwarappa, against whom the police registered a case of abetment to suicide and has demanded. his arrest.
m tonight Eshwarappa announces resignation from ministerial post, emerged as a political ruckus. He will submit his resignation to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday.
“…Three names are mentioned in the FIR as A1, A2, A3- Police department is investigating and they have to arrest all three…we want arrest,we never resigned The resignation has been left to the government and him (Mr. Eshwarappa). We want the arrest of the accused persons,” Santosh Patil’s brother Prashant Patil told reporters.
Reacting to Eshwarappa’s resignation, he said that the family does not care about it.
“What my brother mentioned in the WhatsApp message is what I had mentioned in my complaint and all the three accused mentioned in the FIR should be arrested,” he said.
Santosh Patil, a contractor from Belagavi, was found dead at a hotel in Udupi on Tuesday, weeks after Mr Eshwarappa was accused of corruption.
In an alleged suicide note in the form of a WhatsApp message, Mr. Patil had held Mr. Eshwarappa responsible for his death.
Based on a complaint by Mr. Patil’s relative, the Udupi city police have booked Mr. Eshwarappa for abetment to suicide.
In the FIR, Mr. Eshwarappa, his associates Basavaraj and Ramesh are listed as A1 (accused No. 1), A2 and A3 respectively.
Prashant Patil also demanded payment of bills for development works done by his brother, compensation to his widow and government job.
Santosh Patil had last month complained to Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh that he was yet to be paid Rs 4 crore for the road works carried out in Hindalga village, and demanded commission for payment on Mr. Eshwarappa’s associates. was accused of doing.
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