Under 'pressure to join scam', Karnataka officer kills self

SHIVAMOGGA: A 50-year-old govt officer working in Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki ST Development Corp Ltd in Bengaluru died by suicide at his residence in Shivamogga on Sunday. In a six-page note, Chandrashekaran P is said to have accused senior officers of pressuring him to open a parallel bank account and divert unaccounted money into it from the primary account. Cops have filed a case of unnatural death but haven't referred to the note.Shivamogga BJP MLA SN Channabasappa displayed the 'note' at a presser Monday. As per the note, the MLA said the corporation had a grant of Rs 187.3 cr in its various accounts, about Rs 85 crore of which had been transferred to other accounts and "allegedly looted".