Harassment by seniors led to his suicide, she says

Late Deputy Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy’s wife Pawan has stoutly denied any rift with her husband and attributed the reasons for his suicide to the harassment he underwent from his superiors while discharging his duties.

Speaking to reporters at her residence in Rangasamudra on Sunday night after a police complaint was lodged against Minister for Bengaluru Development K.J. George and senior IPS officers A.M. Prasad and Pronab Mohanty, she clarified that there was no disharmony in the family.

Ms. Pawan also dwelt on her good marital life with husband Ganapathy in her complaint to the Sub-Inspector of Kushalnagar police station. “I was married to Ganapathy in the year 1996 and it was an arranged marriage. We have two sons Nehal, studying in first year B.E., and Sahil, studying in 10 Standard. We had a very good marital life and I had bestowed all love and affection on my husband and he reciprocated the same.”

“My husband was a jovial person interested in sports and other activities. During his free days, he used to spend time with me and our children,” Ms. Pawan said, adding that Ganapathy would tell her about the difficulties and harassment meted out to him in the police department. However, she said her husband was mentally and physically fit.

'Distresed'

While speaking to reporters, Ms. Pawan said her husband was distressed over the reopening of the encounter killing of a rowdy in Bengaluru at the behest of his seniors in the department. He also underwent severe pressure during the church attack cases in Mangaluru.

“I would console him and always advised him to bear with the same and assure him that good days would come and that he would be in a position to discharge freely and to the best of his abilities and consciousness,” Ms. Pawan said in the letter to the police.

She said her husband lost his life only on account of “harassment, mental torture and victimisation” inflicted on him by the then Home Minister K.J. George, besides police officers A.M. Prasad and Pronab Mohanty, and sought action against them as per law.

Her son Nehal also told reporters that there was no rift in the family and their father was good to them.