Jarkiholi CD case: Siddaramaiah seeks chief justice-led probe

Opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Monday sought an independent probe headed by the chief justice of the Karnataka High Court into the case involving the alleged CD which sought to show former minister Ramesh Jarkiholi in poor light. The former Congress chief minister, who spoke at length in the Assembly, urged the government to book Jarkiholi on the charges made by the woman pointing fingers at the former minister after the CD surfaced early this month. He slammed the government for mishandling the case and trying to hush up the matter. The special investigation team (SIT) formed to probe the case, he said, was helping to build the case to favour Jarkiholi, while the woman in the video had not been given protection.

“Ramesh Jarkiholi should be booked under section 376 of the IPC (sexual assault)...,” the Congress leader said.