After discharge, Yediyurappa’s aide debunks suicide theory

Bengaluru, Nov 30 : Debunking the ‘suicide theory’, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s aide N.R. Santhosh on Monday claimed that he “never attempted” suicide, but “by mistake” consumed wrong medication due to which he fell unconscious.
In the same breath, he also said that Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President D.K. Shivakumar has lost his “mental balance” after his past sins started tumbling out.
On Friday, Santhosh was admitted to the hospital by his wife Jhanavi who had claimed that he had consumed nearly a dozen sleeping pills and attempted to commit suicide.
On the same day, Chief Minister Yediyurappa, after visiting him in the hospital, too had said that “we don’t know why he took such an extreme step, but anyways, he is out of danger now”.
Speaking to reporters after he was discharged from the hospital here, Santhosh said that on Friday he had attended a marriage ceremony and due to acidity, he took some medicines which happened to be the “wrong ones”. “I do take sleeping tablets occasionally, that too half a tablet and not more than that,” he said in response to a question.
Countering the media, Santhosh said, “What is there for me to commit suicide? Why will I commit suicide?”