BS Yediyurappa asks the Supreme Court to quash the child sexual molestation case against him

New Delhi:

Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of a child sexual abuse case filed against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Yesterday, the police filed a chargesheet against Mr Yediyurappa in a special POCSO court.

After the Sadashivanagar police initiated a harassment probe against the BJP leader in March this year, Karnataka Director General of Police Alok Mohan issued an order to transfer the case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation.

The case was filed on the basis of a complaint filed by the mother of a 17-year-old girl, who accused him of molesting her daughter during a meeting in February this year at the BJP leader’s house in Dollars Colony.

Mr. Yediyurappa denied the accusation. “People would teach a lesson to those who are committing conspiracies against me,” he said.

A 54-year-old woman who accused Mr Yediyurappa of sexually molesting children died of lung cancer in a private hospital last month.

In connection with the case, on June 17, the CID interrogated Yediyurappa for three hours. The Karnataka High Court had earlier passed orders restraining the CID from arresting Mr. Yediyurappa in the case.