Overview

• An FIR under abetment to suicide names K. Sudhakar, Nagesh and Manjunath after 35-year-old contract driver M. Babu died by suicide on August 7 at the District Collector’s Office campus in Chikkaballapur.
• Babu’s suicide note alleged he paid nearly ₹40 lakh from January 2021 onwards to intermediaries for a permanent Zilla Panchayat job purportedly facilitated by the MP.
• Superintendent of Police Kushal Chouksey said investigators are verifying the death note’s claims and examining the case from all possible angles.
• Sudhakar, a former state health minister and three-time legislator, denied any connection to Babu or the financial transactions and labeled the allegations a political conspiracy.
• The incident has prompted protests by local party workers and Dalit groups demanding a central investigation into political interference in government recruitments.