K’taka sex CD scandal: BJP prepares to handover case to CBI

IANS

Bengaluru, 03 Feb 2023: The ruling BJP in Karnataka is preparing to handover the alleged sex CD scandal case of former minister and BJP MLA Ramesh Jarakiholi to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

 

Minister of Home for Karnataka, Araga Jnanendra, meanwhile, said on Thursday that a decision will be taken regarding handing over the CD case of Jarakiholi to the CBI, after a discussion with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

 

"Ramesh Jarkiholi met me in this regard. He had given sufficient information and requested to handover the case to CBI. Whether or not to handover the case to CBI will be decided after discussing the matter with the CM Bommai," he said.

 

"It is wrong to defame someone through a CD. No one should indulge in this. If it is done, police will take action," Jnanendra said.

 

The former Minister had been urging the state government to handover the sex CD scandal matter to the CBI.

 

Jarkiholi further demanded the arrest of some persons in connection with the matter.

 

He challenged that he would send Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar to jail, adding that hundreds of politicians from state, officers and top officers in Bengaluru are trapped in CD conspiracy. "I have 120 pieces of evidence. I am not releasing them here. The matter has to be investigated by the CBI."

 

Jarkiholi alleged that Shivakumar had hit him by hatching a conspiracy and got that video made to finish him off politically.

 

The alleged sex CD released in March 2021 created a huge controversy in the state.

 

Following the embarrassment, the ruling BJP in Karnataka dropped Jarkiholi from the cabinet.

 

Jarkiholi had played a prominent role in ’Operation Lotus’ carried out by the BJP to come to power in the state. He was at the forefront of the collapse of the coalition government headed by the JD-S and the Congress.

 

Earlier, the Special Investigation Team probing allegations of rape against Jarkiholi had filed a ’B report’ in the case, stating that no evidence to prove the charge or the other allegations made against him.

 

Currently, Jarkiholi is seeking a cabinet position in the state.