Yediyurappa, aides paid money to sexual assault victim, mother to buy their silence: chargesheet
CID) probing charges against former Karnataka Chief minister B S Yediyurappa of sexually assaulting a minor girl, has alleged in the chargesheet that the BJP leader and three other accused paid money to the alleged victim and her mother to buy their silence. The 81-year-old Yediyurappa has been charged under Section 8 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Sections 354A (sexual harassment), 204 (destruction of document or electronic record to prevent its production as evidence) and 214 (offering gift or restoration of property in consideration of screening offender) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The other three co-accused — Arun Y M, Rudresh M and G Mariswamy who are aides of Yediyurappa — are charged under IPC Sections 204 and 214, in the chargesheet filed at the Fast Track Court 1 for POCSO Act cases here on Thursday.
According to the chargesheet, on February 2 this year, at around 11.15 am, the 17-year-old alleged victim, along with her 54-year-old mother — the complainant — visited Yediyurappa at his residence in Dollar's Colony here seeking help in getting justice in a previous case of sexual assault (on the daughter) and other issues.
While Yediyurappa was speaking with the mother, he was holding the victim's right wrist with his left hand, it said.
Yediyurappa then called the minor inside a meeting room next to the hall and locked the door. He then asked the victim whether she remembered the face of the person who had sexually assaulted her
