bengaluru former karnataka deputy chief minister g parameshwaras confidant allegedly committed suicide here on saturday days after incometax sleuths raided the senior congress leaders residence office and educational institutionsramesh who hailed from melehalli in ramanagar was found hanging from a tree near the sports authority of india grounds in the morning police saidaccording to congress sources he started his stint with congress as a typist and became close to parameshwarathe sleuths who raided the residence office and siddharth group of institutions belonging to parameshwara two days ago had questioned ramesh too the sources claimedthe it department has summoned parameshwara for questioning on tuesday in connection with the raidsan alleged suicide note found from the spot where rameshs body was found hanging read i am rattled with the it raids in my house and have decided to commit suicide to protect honour sicanguished with the culture that the poor should remain poor forever i arrived at this decisionpolice said the note appealed to it officials not to trouble his wife and childrenlamenting the death parameshwara said he had told ramesh to be courageous and face the situation boldlydont know why he committed suicide this morning also i spoke to him and told him to stay bold he saidparameshwara who had served as the congress state chief visited the place where his confidant committed suicidethe congress unit described rameshs suicide an outcome of targeted harassment of their rank and cadre to keep them away from the partyit dept claims second victim in state after siddharth harassment from bjp4india controlled it dept has claimed life of ramesh the karnataka congress said in a tweet drawing a parallel between the alleged suicide by cafe coffee day founder v g siddhartha and rameshin its rush to pester opposition they have surpassed all levels of humanity has repeatedly exceeded its mandate this is condemnable unheard of the party tweetedspeaking to reporters dinesh gundu rao wanted to know why only congress leaders were raidedwhats the motive their only agenda is to target and harass those who write and speak against them bjp he saidformer chief minister siddaramaiah alleged that ramesh was tortured for twothree days during questioningramesh had stated he was committing suicide as he was unable to bear their atrocities siddaramaiah claimedmeanwhile income tax officials summoned parameshwara to depose before them on tuesday after two days of extensive raids at his office education institutions and residenceparameshwaras family runs the siddhartha group of institutions which was established by his father h m gangadharaiah 58 years agoparameshwara on saturday said the it officials have summoned him on tuesday so i will go there on tuesdayhe said the officials told him that the raids were carried out following complaints by some studentsparameshwara refused to give a political colour to the raids and said he was preparing to respond to the findings of the income tax officialsofficials had earlier said the raids at the premises belonging to parameshwara and others were in connection with a multicrore tax evasion