CID Launches Probe Into 'Honey-Lure' Complaint.
The criminal investigation department (CID) of karnataka police has launched a probe into alleged honey-trapping attempts on numerous politicians across parties, following a complaint from kingdom minister and congress chief KN Rajanna, whose allegations within the kingdom meeting grew a massive uproar for the duration of the just-concluded finance consultation, a senior police officer said on Thursday.
The investigation was ordered through director trendy of police (DGP) Alok Mohan after Rajanna, who is the minister for cooperation inside the Siddaramaiah-led national cabinet, submitted a petition to kingdom domestic minister G. Parameshwara, detailing the problem and looking for a thorough research.
The house minister then referred the problem to CID.
Confirming the development, CID DGP MA Saleem informed HT, "We've obtained a copy of the complaint from the DGP and started an inquiry. We're amassing details of the case, and after receiving instructions from the authorities, an appropriate felony motion could be taken."
As part of the investigation, CID sleuths visited Rajanna's official residence at Jayanagar in Bengaluru on Thursday, Saleem said, adding the officials additionally inspected the minister's guest house on Jayamahal Road and recorded statements of household staff posted there.
The nation's authorities have given 14 days to CID to collect proof, following which it's going to decide whether or not a special investigation team (take a seat) is required in the difficulty, humans familiar with the problem said.
On march 20, Rajanna knowledgeable the meeting that there were attempts to "honey-entice" him and that at least 48 politicians across events fell sufferer to comparable schemes, triggering robust protests by way of legislators from the competition bjp and Janata Dal (Secular).
"Human beings say that there is a CD (compact disk) and pen drive manufacturing facility in Karnataka. I've come to know that there are CDs and pen drives of forty-eight human beings available inside the country. This community is spread throughout India, or even several Union ministers have been trapped," Rajanna alleged inside the assembly.
Amid a big stir within the meeting, in which participants protested with placards, the home minister introduced an excessive-degree probe while the opposition demanded a judicial inquiry with the aid of a sitting high court docket judge.
The issue that rocked karnataka politics additionally reached the very best court, but a 3-judge bench on wednesday dismissed a plea filed by a social activist in search of a cbi probe into the "honey-entice" strive allegation.
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