Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister and senior BJP leader B S Yediyurappa appeared before the CID of the state police in connection with a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act case registered against him in March this year.
State BJP president and Yediyurappa’s son B Y Vijayendra said his father has faith in the legal system and will face the investigations.
CID obtained an arrest warrant against Yediyurappa on June 13 but the arrest was restrained by the Karnataka High Court following a petition for anticipatory bail and quashing of the case on June 14. The High Court also directed Yediyurappa to appear for the probe.
Yediyurappa has been accused by the mother of a minor girl of sexual assault. The incident allegedly occurred on February 2, 2024, when the mother and daughter met Yediyurappa for help in seeking justice in an earlier case of sexual assault on the girl by a relative. A police case was registered on March 14, 2024, in Bengaluru and the case was transferred to CID for probe on March 15.
Yediyurappa moved the High Court after the brother of the victim approached the court alleging slow progress in the probe of the case on June 10 after the death of his mother – the original complainant – on May 26.
Yediyurappa in his petition denied the allegations and claimed that the case was politically motivated and that there was over a month’s delay in its filing.
