Karnataka: Ex-Minister KS Eshwarappa Gets Clean Chit In Contractor Santosh Patil Suicide Case

Eshwarappa said he was hurt by allegations made against him however presently he felt content following the conclusion report.

Karnataka BJP leader KS Eshwarappa (Source: File photo/Getty)

New Delhi: In a big relief to Karnataka BJP leader KS Eshwarappa, the police have come up with a B-Report (closure report) absolving him of any wrongdoing following the suicide of a contractor accusing him of charging 40 per cent commission on public work, said the minister on Wednesday, as reported by news agency PTI. According to reports, the police has given a clean chit to Eshwarappa due to a lack of evidence. 

Contractor Santosh Patil died under suspicious circumstances on 12 April 2022. He had accused Eshwarappa of demanding a 40 per cent commission. Eshwarappa had denied these allegations but resigned from the ministerial post after much pressure.

"Today, the police have come up with a B-Report in the (contractor) Santosh Patil suicide. I have come out clean in the report. Police have said that I have no role in it, which is a matter of joy for me," Eshwarappa told reporters.

"I had said the same day when the incident happened that there is not even one per cent connection between me and the suicide of the contractor and, I will overcome this.

"I had faith in my family goddess Chowdeshwari Devi that if I am wrong the Mother Goddess will punish me or else I will come out clean. Today by the grace of Chowdeshwari Devi, I am absolved," the Shivamogga MLA said.

The BJP focal and state-level leaders felt humiliated in view of this case and after the police gave him a clean chit, he felt content that those leaders have come out of the embarrassment, said Eshwarappa.

Eshwarappa said he was hurt by allegations made against him however presently he felt content following the conclusion report.

"Being in politics, we have to face such charges otherwise we should not join public life. I was sure that I will come out clean. I don't know who was behind this incident," Eshwarappa said.

(With PTI inputs)