Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said Wednesday that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would probe the sensational sex scandal allegedly involving Ramesh Jarkiholi, who had to resign from the Cabinet.
The decision to constitute an SIT was taken after consulting Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and other senior officials, Bommai said.
The SIT will be headed by IPS officer Soumendu Mukherjee, who is currently Bengaluru city’s Additional Commissioner of Police (west). Last year, he was awarded the Union home minister’s special operation medal along with other officers for busting the Al-Hind terror module in south India.
Ramesh had written to Bommai on Tuesday seeking a probe into the scandal. “He stated that this CD case was a conspiracy to assassinate his character, cause political damage and defame him. We discussed this with the CM and senior officials,” Bommai said.
“It has been decided that an SIT will be formed to conduct a comprehensive probe to identify those behind this CD case, the conspirators and find out where this CD was prepared,” Bommai said, adding that he has directed Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant on constituting the SIT. “Directions have been issued for the SIT to submit a report to the government.”
On March 3, a day after news channels aired videos of the alleged sex scandal, Ramesh resigned as the Water Resources minister. He has repeatedly claimed that the video is fake.
(Published 10 March 2021, 15:07 IST)
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