In what could additional embarrass former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi towards whom an FIR has already been registered within the sex-for-job scandal, the lady allegedly concerned within the controversy has requested the Karnataka High Court to direct the state authorities to supply her safety.
As per the letter, she has been receiving threats allegedly from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief.
The lady in a letter despatched by electronic mail to Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka, has additionally requested him to observe the continuing Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the matter.
Alleging Jarkiholi is colluding with the SIT to affect the probe, the lady said the previous is a extremely influential one that is able to going to “any extent” to get a clear chit within the matter.
“Ramesh Jarakiholi may kill me at any place at any point in time and destroy every piece of evidence regarding commission of offenses by him. And, the SIT is completely acting to the tunes of Ramesh Jarakiholi…,” the lady mentioned in her letter, including the statements made by her dad and mom that she was kidnapped are ‘baseless” as they have been severely pressured to make such statements.
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Jarkiholi, who resigned earlier this month within the wake of the controversy, has urged the SIT to first examine the FIR registered towards him.
In the video clip which went viral earlier this month, Jarkiholi might be seen looking for sexual favours from an unidentified lady with the supply of a authorities job. The video went viral after a number of Kannada tv channels aired the photographs from the alleged ‘intercourse CD’ that claimed to have the BJP chief in a compromising place with the lady.