Bengaluru, April 14 -- A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police has submitted its final report in connection with the suicide of a 33-year-old Bengaluru-based lawyer, who had accused CID deputy superintendent of police (DySP) BM Kanakalakshmi of harassment and torture during questioning in an inquiry she attended in November 2024.

The 2,300-page report, which includes statements from witnesses and video evidence, points to misconduct by Crime Investigation Department (CID) DySP Kanakalakshmi.

The lawyer died by suicide at her home in Padmanabha Nagar area of Bengaluru on November 22 last year. In her suicide note, she detailed her alleged harassment and torture by the officer during an inquiry she attended on November 14, ...