Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (EP)
Udupi, Apr 12: The Udupi district Congress workers staged a protest in the premises of the private lodge where contractore Santhosh committed suicide on Tuesday, April 11.
Sanosh Patil had killed himself by consuming poison in the lodge and in his suicide note had held Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister K S Eshwarappa responsible for his death. He has also charged the minister of corruption. His body was found in morning today.
The protesters demanded the resignation of Eshwarappa and urged for justice to the family of the late Santhosh Patil. They condemned the "silence" of chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and also urged for the arrest of Eshwarappa on charges of murder.