Funeral of IAS officer who committed suicide, held after COVID report returns negative
Bengaluru: The funeral rites of IAS officer B M Vijay Shankar were conducted on Wednesday after the Corona test conducted on his body returned negative for the virus.
The former Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban District was found hanging at his residence in Jayanagar on Tuesday. His body was taken to Victoria Hospital for a post mortem, following which, a Corona test was also conducted. Since the latter test showed negative for Coronavirus, Vijay Shankar's body was handed over to his relatives.
His family members, colleagues, and friends visited Vijay Shankar's house on Wednesday to pay their respects. The last rites were conducted at the Chamarajpet crematorium in a religious manner on Wednesday evening, said sources.
The cause for the suicide of the officer, who was director of the Sakala Department, is unknown yet.
Top officials silent
Although a senior IAS officer has died, no senior police officer has visited his house. City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao and Additional Commissioner S Murugan too have kept away from the scene of the death, said sources.
Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has admitted that the cause for the extreme step taken by Vijay Shankar is not known. “The suicide has been registered as a death due to unnatural cause, but we will know more about the matter only after investigation,” he added.
Bommai, however, said that it would not be right to link Vijay Shankar's involvement in the IMA case to the suicide, as the case is not recent.
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Vijayanagara: One dead, 12 injured as trucks hits their vehicle from behind on NH 50
Vijayanagara: One man was killed and 12 others were injured after a truck hit vehicle they were traveling in on the National Highway 50 stretch on the outskirts of Koodligi in the district.
The accident victim, Madhu (27), is learned to have been an employee of Reliance Digital from Andhra Pradesh.
The vehicle was reportedly traveling from Bengaluru to Koodligi and the passengers are learned to have been seriously injured following the collision with the truck, which was found to have a Maharashtra registration.
Koodligi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mallesh Dodmani and Circle Inspector Prahlad Channagiri arrived at the accident spot on being informed of the accident.
The police officers and locals rescued the injured passengers and got them shifted to the Koodligi Government Hospital. Some of the passengers were reportedly taken to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre for further treatment.
A case has been registered at the Koodligi Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.
