Mangalore : Retired special deputy commissioner BS Nagappa passed away at AJ Hospital on May 20 Monday. He was 81 and ailing since some time. Nagappa was the father of DK ZP CEO KN Vijayaprakash.
He has left behind his wife Sumitra, Vijayaprakash and KN Ajith who works as a ZP Engineer in Bantwal, apart from two daughters.
Nagappa had served as block development officer at Kundapur, as Tahsildar and as Deputy Director of the Department of Food and Civil Supplies, deputy commissioner in the department of backward classes and minorities, commissioner at Bidar and deputy secretary in various departments.
Several leaders including senior Congress leader Janardhan Poojari, Vasanth Bangera, JR Lobo, MLAs, N Prakash, Deputy Commissioner and Harsh Gupta, outgoing DC paid their last respects to the late Nagappa.