Overview
- Deputy Commissioner of Police K Parashurama confirmed the suspension of Bellandur Police Sub-Inspector Santosh and Constable Gorakhnath, with a departmental probe underway.
- In his LinkedIn account, K. Sivakumar said he paid bribes at every step, naming the ambulance, police for FIR and post-mortem documents, crematorium staff for a receipt, and BBMP officials for the death certificate.
- Reports differ on the ambulance demand—cited as Rs 3,000 in some outlets and Rs 5,000 in others—and Sivakumar alleged there was no CCTV where cash changed hands at the police station.
- A public post stated that City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh spoke to Sivakumar, and BBMP Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao said an online system exists for issuing death certificates.
- The case has intensified scrutiny of routine end-of-life paperwork in Bengaluru, with Sivakumar noting his post was later deleted and that his family donated his daughter’s eyes.