A file picture of deceased IAS officer DK Ravikumar.Amid speculations over ordering CBI probe into IAS DK Ravikumar's death, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
said on Thursday that his government would examine the investigation
reports and give all the information related to it in the Assembly on
Monday. "I have told the parents of DK Ravi that I will speak to them after his post mortem reports come in and are examined," he said. As he assured a fair probe to ensure justice to the deceased officer, he said, "I have been politics for 35 years. I undrstnd and respect the sentiments of the people. More importantly, I have promised (DK Ravi's) parents that I will get truth out."
"We also want the truth to come out, that's what I have promised to the parents," he added.
Siddaramaiah also took on the opposition and said that is making false allegations for the sake of politics. "Kumaraswamy said that I had gone to tamper with postmortem reports when I went to paid respect to DK Ravi's body. Such comments are made just for gaining political mileage."
Early on Saturday morning, reports came in that the Karnataka chief minister had finally relented and would hand over the case to the CBI after facing intense pressure. As the outrage over the death grew and the issue figured in the Parliament, Congress president Sonia Gandhi too had intervened and recommended a CBI probe on Thursday.
The Congress-ruled state witnessed several protest rallies over the incident.
DK Ravi was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday. Although his family alleged that he was being targeted for taking on the sand mafia as the District Collector of Kolar, the police maintained that it was a case of suicide.
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