The sex CD scandal involving former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi took a new turn on Saturday afternoon after the Sadashivanagar police registered an FIR against unknown persons based on the complaint filed by former MLA Nagaraju on behalf of the former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.
Nagaraju, in the complaint, has alleged that a group of unknown persons had made a fake CD and released it to activist Dinesh Kallahalli and on social media. It is an act of blackmailing, defaming, extortion and forgery, the complaint said. It added that the CD was a political conspiracy to get him to step down from the minister's post and some people who couldn't digest his political growth were behind it.
Speaking with the media, Nagaraju said that he had filed a complaint on behalf of the former minister because he was busy in discussions with the advocates.
"It is clearly mentioned that Ramesh was blackmailed," Nagaraju said.
The complaint does not mention any name but it says that some unknown people were behind the release of the fake CD and asked the police to thoroughly investigate the matter and take necessary action against the concerned persons.
According to Sadashivanagar police, former MLA Nagaraju approached the police with a copy of the complaint signed by Jarkiholi and told them that he had come to file the complaint on behalf of the former minister.
The details and allegations made in the complaint were verified by the station house officer and the police officials contacted their seniors, including the officers in the SIT, and briefed them about the complaint details.
The police also contacted legal experts to take their opinion before registering an FIR and said that it looked like the complaint was drafted with the help of advocates.
According to sources, the FIR was registered around 7 pm. Nagaraju was in the police station till the FIR was registered and took a copy of it along with him to hand it over to Jarkiholi.
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