From Our Special Correspondent

Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Sep 25: A week after the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) giving a clean chit, senior Congress leader and former Minister K J George will be reinstated as a minister in the Congress Government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, September 26.

George will be sworn in as the Cabinet rank Minister at the Banquet Hall of Raj Bhavan on Monday at 10.15 am, according to the State Government.

There is one vacancy in the Council of Ministry, which will be filled up with the induction of George into the Cabinet.

With the maximum size of the Ministry is 34, there would be no vacancy after induction of George in the Council of Ministry.

KJ George

George, who served as the Home Minister and later as Bengaluru district in-charge minister, was forced to resign over his alleged role in the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) M K Ganapathi in July last.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who was in Delhi on Thursday to discuss the Cauvery water issue and the special session of the State legislature with the party high command, obtained the clearance to induct George into the ministry, sources said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Ganapathi, who committed suicide on July 7, 2016, in a video message named K J George, and two senior IPS officers AM Prasad and Pranab Mohanty responsible for his extreme step.

However, the CID, which probed the death of Ganapathy, on September 17, submitted a ‘B’ Report to the Madikeri Principal Civil Judge, JMFC Court, giving a clean chit to the George as well two senior IPS officers accused of abetting the suicide.

The police officer’s suicide had rocked the government and resulted in the resignation of George from the Cabinet.

The legal battle over the case is unlikely to end with this, as Ganapathi’s family is determined to fight for a CBI probe.