Belagavi: Parents of late DySP, Kallappa Handibag, have lodged a complaint with the Belagavi police blaming Chikamagaluru Superintendent of Police, Santosh Babu and other senior officials for his suicide.
They also submitted a letter to DySP Satish Chitguppi at Athani appealing for action against Mr Babu and other senior officials who they claimed had driven their son to take his own life.
“Our son was an able and honest officer, who was forced to kill himself as his seniors accused him of corruption. The Chikamagaluru SP hatched a conspiracy against our son,” they charged in their complaint. The officer's parents said he had often complained over the phone about the mental harassment he was suffering as a result of Mr Babu and other senior officials.
“But we did not think in our wildest dreams that he would end his life because of this. Kallappa was a hard worker and had a blemish-free career. The fact that we stay in tiny Janata quarters is evidence of his honesty. It is unfortunate that his senior officers hatched a conspiracy against such an honest officer, driving him to end his life,'' they added in the complaint, urging the police not to give in to political pressure and arrest Mr Babu after filing an FIR against him.
But whether the police will consider the fresh complaint by Kallappa's parents seriously remains unclear as the CID is already investigating his suicide.
