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Bengaluru, Apr 14 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday ruled out any action against Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K S Eshwarappa, against whom police have booked a case for abetting the suicide of contractor Santosh Patil, until preliminary inquiry is completed.
He said Santosh Patil"s suicide case will be thoroughly investigated and the truth will come out, and only based on the preliminary inquiry the government will decide on taking action against Eshwarappa.
"There is no interference of (BJP) high command on this issue, they have only obtained information, they don"t have any role in it.
As I have said first time itself, action will be taken based on the preliminary inquiry, let the preliminary inquiry happen," Bommai said in response to a question regarding the BJP high command"s decision on Eshwarappa"s future as Minister.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "Post-mortem has happened only late last night, investigation will begin now on.
Based on the outcome of the investigation, we will decide.