2020-12-30 16:05:50 GMT2020-12-31 00:05:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NEW DELHI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Speaker of the lower house of Indian parliament Om Birla Wednesday sought a high-level independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dharme Gowda, a politician and local lawmaker of Karanataka state.
Gowda was the deputy chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council and his body was found on a railway track in Chikmagalur (Karnataka) on Tuesday.
"It is necessary to have a high-level probe through an independent agency into his death. It is the duty of all of us to safeguard the prestige of legislative bodies and dignity and freedom of Presiding officers," Birla said.