In Karnataka, a BJP supporter who wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi warning him on corruption has committed suicide. Civil contractor and BJP supporter committed suicide in Udupi and the suicide note has blamed state Rural Development Minister KS Eshwarappa. The BJP supporter who committed suicide has also sent suicide note to his friends on WhatsApp.
Santosh Patil, 40, alleged that Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister and BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa had demanded 40 per cent commission to clear a bill of Rs 4 crore for a road construction done by the contractor in 2021 in a village in his home district of Belgaum.