Dalit cop’s dying places Karnataka MLA at centre of cash-for-transfer row | Hubballi Information

The MLA and his son had been Saturday booked on fees of intentional insult with an intent to impress breach of peace, abetment of suicide and joint legal legal responsibility.

KALABURAGI: The suspicious dying of Parashurama, a Dalit sub-inspector, at his residence on Friday evening has triggered a controversy together with his household alleging cash-for-transfer calls for and psychological harassment by Congress MLA Channareddy Patil Tunnur and his son Pampanagouda (Sunny).
The MLA and his son had been Saturday booked on fees of intentional insult with an intent to impress breach of peace, abetment of suicide and joint legal legal responsibility on a grievance by Parusharams’s spouse, Shwetha.
The household claimed that Parashurama, 35, paid Rs 30 lakh for a posting at Yadgir metropolis police station to the MLA however was transferred earlier than finishing a yr.
In her FIR, Shwetha has alleged that the MLA and his son demanded a further Rs 30 lakh to permit her husband to proceed his service at Yadgir city police station. When Parashurama failed to fulfill their demand, he was transferred to the cybercrime station on July 30. Parashurama returned residence Friday afternoon after a farewell from his previous police station. It’s suspected he had a cardiac arrest within the evening. He was discovered bleeding from his nostril and mouth and was declared useless at a personal hospital. His father discovered him and rushed him to the hospital. Shwetha, who’s pregnant, was in Raichur at her mother and father’ home.
Shwetha alleged that her husband died on account of psychological harassment and melancholy brought on by the calls for for cash. She stated that her husband had served solely seven months at Yadgir city police station earlier than being transferred. “The MLA didn’t give the posting as we’re Dalits and we weren’t capable of give him a bribe for the posting,” Shwetha alleged.
In the meantime, Dalit organisations and Parashurama’s household protested on Nationwide Freeway 50, demanding the arrest of Patil. They accused the police division of siding with the MLA and claimed that Parashurama confronted repeated psychological torture for cash.