Sex scandal: FIR filed against former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi

In a brand new twist to the continuing probe into the intercourse scandal allegedly involving former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, an FIR was registered against him on Friday on a grievance by the lady, stated to be within the purported video.

Maintaining that he’s harmless and prepared for a authorized battle against the “conspiracy”, Jarkiholi stated his “game will start now” and he was “capable enough” to face extra such complaints.

The FIR got here hours after the lady launched her third video assertion this morning,asserting her determination to file a grievance against Jarkiholi by her lawyer Jagadish Kumar.

Kumar met City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant at his workplace this afternoon and handed over the copy of the grievance, stated to have been written by the lady.

He was then directed by the Commissioner to file a grievance on the metropolis’s Cubbon Park Police Station, based mostly on which an FIR was registered against Jarkiholi below a number of sections of the Indian Penal Code, police sources stated.

Speaking to reporters, Kumar confirmed that the FIR was registered, however didn’t disclose particulars of the sections invoked, citing that it was a case of crime against girls.

“Serious sections have been laid for the crime against women,” he stated.

On whether or not Jorkiholi may be arrested below the sections, he stated “definitely, they are non-bailable sections.”

Kumar additionally stated he would meet the Director General of Police on offering safety for the lady and her household and she or he would additionally come ahead and cooperate with the probe.

 
According to police sources, the FIR was registered below varied sections of the IPC,together with 354A- sexual harassment, 506- legal intimidation,504  Intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace, 376C- sexual activity by particular person in authority, 417- dishonest and in addition below the IT act.

The sources stated the lady accused Jarkiholi of sexually “using” her, dishonest and threatening her after promising a authorities job.

She has alleged that Jarkiholi had launched the video to defame her, pondering she might file a grievance, and has sought safety fearing a menace to her life and to that of her household, they stated.

In her third video assertion launched on Friday morning, the lady stated she acquired the braveness to file a grievance due to the “blessings” of the individuals and help from leaders of political events and organisations.

“For the last 24 days I was living with the fear of threat to my life. Today I have got some kind of courage….with that courage and because of the support I have got, I’m today filing a complaint against Ramesh Jarkiholi through my lawyer Jagadish,” she stated. 

Reacting to it, Jarkiholi reiterated he was harmless and there was a ‘conspiracy’ against him and stated he was assured of going through ’10 extra such complaints” and has no concern.

“..they have used their final weapon…from tomorrow we will start using our weapons. Let them file 10 more complaints, I’m ready to face it..I too have advocates, Supreme Court Lawyers on my side,” he informed reporters.

The former minister stated he has not dedicated any mistake and that he knew the lady would say issues against him.

“I will not fear such things. I will talk to legal experts.”

Jarkiholi additionally urged the Special Investigation Team probing the case, to analyze his FIR first.

“I request the Commissioner…If I have committed a mistake, I will appear myself,” he stated, including that the cash and gold that’s stated to have been recovered from locations linked to the lady and others have to be investigated first.

“I dislodged one government and installed another,” he stated.

Jarkiholi, then Congress minister, is alleged to have performed an instrumental position within the political turmoil that led to the autumn of the Congress-JDS coalition authorities in July 2019.

“Whats this? I will face more such complaints,”Jarkiholi stated, including that he had informed Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai the names of these behind the conspiracy on day one, and “everything will come out”.

To a query, he dominated out making use of for bail for now.

A day after information channels aired movies of the alleged intercourse scandal, Jarkiholi, who was Water Resources Minister in Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led cupboard, had resigned on March 3. 

Jarkiholi has repeatedly claimed that he was harmless and that the video was “fake”.

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