CID To Investigate POCSO Case Against Ex-Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa

The Karnataka authorities on Friday introduced the handover of the investigation of the case filed below the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act towards former Chief Minister and senior BJP chief BS Yediyurappa to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The order for this switch was issued by the workplace of Karnataka’s Director General and Inspector General of Police, Alok Mohan. 

The case was lodged at Bengaluru City Sadashivnagar Police Station, in response to the provisions of POCSO 2012. The directive mandates the immediate handover of the case file to the CID for continuation of the investigation. The Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City, is instructed to personally ship the case file, together with the related Investigating Officer, to the designated Investigation Officer within the CID, reported ANI. 

What Does The FIR Say? 

BS Yediyurappa, the ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka and distinguished BJP determine, is below investigation for an FIR regarding the purported sexual assault of a minor woman. According to the FIR lodged by a Bengaluru police station, the purported incident occurred on February 2nd in Bengaluru.

The criticism alleges that the sufferer was sexually harassed when she sought help on that day. She had sought assist relating to one other reported sexual assault incident. The FIR asserts that the senior BJP chief allegedly sexually assaulted the sufferer after forcibly taking her right into a room. Following the incident, the sufferer knowledgeable her mom in regards to the alleged assault. The FIR states that the sufferer claims to have been sexually harassed when looking for assist relating to a earlier incident by which she was allegedly raped by others.

Replying to the incident the BJP chief recounted that the lady, whom he had beforehand assisted, started talking negatively about him. The 81-year-old seasoned politician narrated, “Recently, a distressed woman visited our residence. Upon inquiry, she disclosed some issues she was facing. I promptly contacted the police commissioner to address her concerns. However, afterward, she began levying accusations against me.”