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Bengaluru: The inquiry into the suicide of a suspect in the alleged scam in the Karnataka Bhovi Development Corporation, who accused a senior CID officer of harassment, has been handed over to the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru police.
The order was issued by Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda on Saturday, top sources confirmed to DH. An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)-level officer of the CCB will probe the allegations, sources said.
The Banashankari police registered an FIR on Friday and named CID DySP Kanakalakshmi, the suspect, after Jeeva S (33), was found hanging from a ceiling fan at her Padmanabhanagar home in the wee hours of Friday.
Jeeva, who had a wood material shop in Peenya, also left behind an 11-page note describing the ordeal she allegedly faced during the inquiry.
Jeeva accused the CID official of refusing to accept documents and demanding a Rs 25-lakh bribe, stripping her bare, questioning her if she carried cyanide and harassing and publicly humiliating her.
The CID DySP was booked under Section 7 (offence relating to public servant being bribed) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The scam in Bhovi corporation reportedly occurred in 2021–22 and involved bureaucrats and middlemen allegedly swindling large shares of loans under a job scheme for Bhovi community members. Three FIRs were filed — one each in Siddapura, Doddaballapur and Kalagi (Kalaburagi) police stations — which were subsequently transferred to the CID in 2023.