From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jul 11: The Opposition BJP demanded reinstatement of the former Deputy Superintendent of Police Anupama Shenoy into the police force as the latter was "compelled" to tender her resignation due to political pressures, especially from former Minister P T Parameshwara Naik and other senior police officers.
The issue figured in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Monday during the discussion on the recent suicide of DySP Ganapati.
BJP Opposition leader in the State Assembly JagadishShettar demanded that Shenoy should be reinducted into the police force as the State police badly needed such "honest and upright officers."
Former Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister R Ashok too supported the demand.
Shenoy resigned from the service alleging harassment from the then Ballari district-in-charge minister P T Parameshwara Naik and senior police officers.
Raising the issue in the legislative Assembly, Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar and R Ashok alleged that the government has not made efforts to protect the honest officer in the police force.