SIT given full freedom to probe Jarkiholi sex CD case, says Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday declined to comment on the ongoing investigation into the sex scandal allegedly involving former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) looking into the case has got cracking and is rounding up persons linked to the scandal.

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“The SIT has been formed and I have nothing further to say. The SIT has been given full freedom. I will not make statements daily on (the investigation),” Bommai said.

Earlier in the day, Bommai met Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and is said to have given him a briefing on the SIT’s progress.

On Friday, the SIT headed by IPS officer Soumendu Mukherjee began questioning five persons, including four media persons working with regional news channels.