Leak of Hassan video clippings: HD Kumaraswamy demands CBI probe, asks CM to fire his deputy Shivakumar
JDS State President HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday sought a CBI probe into the alleged crime on women in Hassan including the leak and widespread circulation of explicit videos ahead of the April 26 polls even as the special investigation team (SIT) awaited arrival of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna in connection with the case.
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The former CM accused Deputy CM DK Shivakumar of hatching a conspiracy and playing a key role in the distribution of pen drives and urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to sack him from the Cabinet. “We are not going to spare this case. People responsible for it, including those behind the circulation of videos, should pay a price. If the CM has any sense of morality, he must fire Shivakumar from the Cabinet,” he said.
Kumaraswamy, addressing a media conference, expressed serious doubts over the fairness of SIT investigations, saying the top police officials were meeting the CM and Dy CM every day and were acting at their behest.
The senior JDS leader called the SIT as Siddaramaiah / Shivakumar investigation team which was being manipulated by the top two political bosses. Kumaraswamy also added his party was aggregable to a judicial probe too if it was headed by an apex court or high court judge.
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