HDK seeks CBI inquiry into Ballari incident; accuses government of trying to shield accused

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Demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into the Ballari incidental successful which a Congress idiosyncratic was killed, Union Minister for Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy connected Monday alleged that the post-mortem connected the assemblage of Rajashekhar Reddy was done illegally for a 2nd time. He besides accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar of attempting to hide the case.

“The State authorities has stretched itself to screen up the sidesplitting of its ain enactment worker. This is shameful. According to accusation that I person received, the post-mortem was conducted twice. What were the findings of the archetypal station mortem report? What does the 2nd post-mortem reveal?” Mr. Kumaraswamy told presspersons here.

Questioning the request for the 2nd post-mortem, the Union Minister asked: “Why was a 2nd post-mortem conducted? Under whose unit was it done? Who ordered it? Was the 2nd done due to the fact that the archetypal 1 did not suit your [government] interests?”

Challenging the authorities to uncover the contents of the archetypal post-mortem report, helium asked Mr. Siddaramaiah to uncover the truth. He said “Are you not honest? Now talk the truth. Should the radical of the State not cognize the truth?””

Casting aspersions connected the probe by the Karnataka police, Mr. Kumaraswamy said: “The Chief Minister himself has said that the slug was fired from the weapon of Satish Reddy’s gunman but Mr. Shivakumar is insisting that the enactment would basal by him. The Home Minister (G. Parameshwara) is delaying the action. Useless Home Ministers are moving successful the State. It is not wide whether the Home Department is live oregon dead. Under these circumstances what benignant of probe tin the State authorities undertake? Can the information travel retired successful their investigation?”

He accused Dr. Parameshwara of not knowing the authorization of his bureau and washing his hands disconnected by forming a SIT.

Mr. Kumaraswamy asked however did truthful galore guns travel to Ballari. “Did they travel from Pakistan? The Deputy Chief Minister should answer. The authorities is protecting murderers. Why is the accused Satish Reddy not being arrested but being treated arsenic a State guest?”

Last Chief Minister of Congress

Mr. Kumaraswamy said that Mr. Siddaramaiah volition beryllium the past Congress Chief Minister of the State, and his grounds of longest serving Chief Minister has to beryllium “buried”.

“Look astatine the information of the State, his grounds needs to beryllium buried. His is simply a textbook illustration of atrocious governance. Karnataka has contiguous go an illustration of inefficiency and mediocre administration. He volition beryllium the past Congress Chief Minister. Voters volition thatch the Congress a lesson. The governance successful the past two-and-a-half years volition spell down successful past arsenic 1 of the worst administrations. It appears that Mr. Siddaramaiah’s authorities is functioning for the involvement of records.”

Published - January 05, 2026 08:15 p.m. IST

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