BS Yediyurappa
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B S Yeddyurappa, facing a POCSO case, returned to Bengaluru on Saturday and said he will appear before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on June 17 for questioning. The former chief minister returned a day after the Karnataka High Court restrained the CID from arresting him in connection with the POCSO case. The High Court also directed Yeddyurappa to appear before the CID, which is probing the case, on June 17. “I had gone to Delhi for a pre-scheduled programme. I had already informed in writing that I will appear for questioning on June 17. The High Court has ordered the CID to restrain me (from arresting me). I am appearing for investigation on Monday,” Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
BS Yediyurappa said- People will teach a lesson to those involved in the conspiracy
He said, “Unnecessarily some people tried to create confusion, I do not want to blame anyone, everyone knows the facts.” He said, “People will teach a lesson to those who are involved in the conspiracy.” A court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Yediyurappa in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act on March 14 this year. The CID’s special investigation team had requested an arrest warrant against him in the ‘fast track court’ as he did not appear for questioning on Wednesday.
Police gave this statement
According to the police, a case has been registered against Yediyurappa under the POCSO Act and Section 354 A (sexual assault) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl. The woman alleged that Yediyurappa molested her daughter during a meeting at his residence in Dollars Colony in Bengaluru on February 2 this year. Yediyurappa denied the allegations and said he would fight the case legally. He has filed two separate petitions in the High Court seeking anticipatory bail and quashing of the FIR. The mother of the victim, who levelled allegations against Yediyurappa, died at a private hospital here last month due to lung cancer.
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