Former Minister K J George will be reinducted into the state cabinet on Monday, after the Karnataka CID gave him a clean chit in the case related to the alleged suicide of Dy SP M K Ganapathy. George will be sworn in by the Governor at Raj Bhavan around 10.15 am, official sources said.
George, who was the Minister for Bengaluru Development and Town planning, had resigned on July 18, soon after a court in Madikeri, Kodagu district directed police to register an FIR against him and two police officers in connection with the suicide of 51-year-old Ganapathy.
Ganapathy was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a room at a lodge in Madikeri on July 7, prior to which he gave an interview to a local TV channel saying the Minister and AM Prasad (now Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety) and Pranab Mohanty (now on central deputation as Additional Deputy Director General of UIDAI) would be responsible "if anything happens to me."
The court had issued directions based on a private criminal complaint by Ganapathy's son, Nehal, requesting it to direct police to take up investigation against the minister and the officers for allegedly abetting his father's suicide.