Overview
- Former BPCL CFO K. Sivakumar said he was asked for cash at the ambulance, police station, crematorium and BBMP while completing formalities after his 34-year-old daughter Akshaya died of a brain haemorrhage on September 18.
- He wrote that he paid the demands and questioned how poorer families cope, alleging rude treatment at Bellandur police station and noting the absence of CCTV where money changed hands.
- Whitefield division suspended PSI Santosh and Constable Gorakhnath of Bellandur police station and opened a departmental probe after the post went viral.
- Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh was reported to have spoken to Sivakumar and assured appropriate action.
- BBMP Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao expressed sympathy, highlighted online issuance of death certificates, and public discussion intensified over systemic corruption and the need for stronger procedural safeguards.