Ramesh Jarkiholi CD scandal: Accused woman releases social media video
Just an hour after former BJP minister Ramesh Jarkiholi lodged a criticism in opposition to unknown folks on Saturday, accusing them of hatching a conspiracy in opposition to him, one other video clip of the woman, who claimed to have been featured within the CD, surfaced on social media during which she might be seen urging the Karnataka authorities to offer safety to her. This is the primary time that the woman has come out within the open after the sleaze CD episode got here to gentle on March 2.
In the 34-second video clip in Kannada, the woman acknowledged that this message is for Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai. The supply and origin of the video are but to be verified.
“I do not know how and what they did with the video. Since the release of this (sleaze CD) video, my modesty has been outraged while my family’s reputation is gone forever. Several people are coming and questioning me and my parents about this. We are looked down upon,” she mentioned.
She additional alleged that the CD went public from their aspect (Jarkiholi) and never from her aspect. “Ever since the video came in the public domain, I tried to commit suicide at least three or four times while my parents tried to end their lives about two times,” she added.
“Nobody is there to protect our family. We don’t have any political support. It was Ramesh Jarkiholi who lured me with a job offer, and now this video has come out from their side. I do not know how this (video) was recorded,” she mentioned.
She added: “I don’t have protection. All that I ask you (Bommai) is to give me protection.” She pressured that she was not conscious of how the video was recorded.
The video message has come to gentle on a day the police registered a case of extortion and conspiracy in opposition to unknown folks following a criticism lodged by Jarkiholi.
Following the video message of the woman, Jarkiholi rushed to Bommai’s residence and reacted that the woman’s allegations in opposition to him have been proof that he was being framed by his political rivals.
“I am innocent, I know that for sure. This is a fake CD. I will face it. Let her come out in the open and complain,” he mentioned, including that solely a idiot can launch such a video at the price of popularity.
“Within an hour after I lodged my complaint, she surfaced in another video. This itself is a clear case of a political conspiracy. This is just a part of a big conspiracy against me,” he mentioned.
Responding to the woman’s claims, Bommai mentioned that he had not but seen the video. “I have learnt about this video only through you (media). I am told that the victim’s family is facing death threats. I have directed the SIT chief to provide them with adequate security. The SIT will investigate the matter from every possible angle,” he mentioned.
After the sleaze CD turned public on March 2, the Karnataka authorities shaped a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Additional Police Commissioner (West), Soumendu Mukherjee.
The SIT was shaped after a CD was launched to information channels during which Jarkiholi was allegedly seen in a compromising place with a woman, which went viral, costing him his ministerial berth.
(With IANS inputs)
