Former Karnataka minister KJ George, who has been given a clean chit by the CID in a case related to the alleged suicide of a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was reinducted into the Siddaramaiah ministry on Monday.
George, a close confidant of the Chief Minister, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at a ceremony held in Raj Bhavan.
He had earlier resigned on 18 July, soon after a local court directed the police to register an FIR against him and two police officers in connection with the suicide of 51-year-old MK Ganapathy.
Ganapathy was found hanging from a ceiling fan in a room in a lodge in Madikeri on 7 July.
He had earlier said in an interview to a local TV channel that George , AM Prasad (now Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety) and Pranab Mohanty (now on central deputation as Additional Deputy Director General of UIDAI) would be responsible “if anything happens to me”.