In less than a week, another DSP found dead in Karnataka

In a time span of less than a week, another senior police officer has allegedly committed suicide in Karnataka. Couple of days back a Deputy Superintendent of Police from Belagavi town was found dead under mysterious circumstances.

DSP MK Ganapathy has been found dead in a lodge with a suicide note alleging senior officials as the reason behind the suicide.

"We found the body of deputy superintendent of police MK Ganapathy, 51, hanging by rope to a ceiling fan in a lodge room. He was in uniform with service revolver around the waist," news agency IANS quoted Kodagu district police superintendent Rajendra Prasad as saying.

In May, Ganapathy was transferred Mangaluru inspector general police office, about 360 km from Bengaluru.