Crime

POCSO Case: CID Files Chargesheet Against Former CM Yediyurappa

Bengaluru: A chargesheet was filed on Thursday by Karnataka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against BJP leader and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa over allegations of sexually assaulting a minor girl.

The chargesheet was filed in a special court under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.

It was in March that Sadashivanagar police station registered a case of molestation against Yediyurappa. Karnataka’s Director General of Police Alok Mohan then issued an order transferring the case to the CID for further investigation.

The POCSO case against 81-year-old Yediyurappa was registered after an FIR was registered based on complaint by a 54-year-old woman, who alleged that he molested her 17-year-old daughter during a meeting in February, at his Dollar Colony residence.

Yediyurappa was booked under POCSO Act, 2012, and Section 354 A (sexual harassment) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Yediyurappa has denied the allegations against him, saying that people will “teach a lesson to those indulging in conspiracies against me.”

Karnataka High Court passed an order earlier this month restraining the CID from arresting Yediyurappa, who was questioned by CID sleuths for three hours on June 17.

The victim’s mother, who filed the sexual assault complaint against Yediyurappa, died at a private hospital here last month due to lung cancer.

OB Bureau

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