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Commissioner dismisses reports of `sex scandal'

By Our Staff Correspondent

Mysore Nov. 10. The Mysore city Police Commissioner, C. Chandrashekar, today dismissed reports that raids on hotels and resorts last Sunday caught some members of the legal fraternity in a compromising situation and emphatically denied that the police was trying to hush up the case.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Chandrashekar refuted reports appearing in a section of the press pertaining to the role of the police in the so-called "sex scandal" and said the police had no information or clue about the alleged incident.

The Commissioner said police officers conducted inquiries at various hotels and resorts on Hunsur Road following the media reports, but there was not an iota of information about the alleged nefarious activities by officials in high places. There was no information or clue in any of the hotels or resorts that such an incident had ever taken place, he said. The police also went through the list of guests who had checked into all the hotels and resorts on Hunsur Road, but they did not come across any name of government or other officials, the Commissioner said.

"I have placed before you all the facts that I know as of now, and yet stories about the police trying to hush up the case continue to appear in a section of the press despite having issued a clarification. Normally, the accused is considered innocent till proven guilty, but we are working in a system where the police are considered guilty till proved innocent," Mr. Chandrashekar said.

Taking strong exception to insinuations of a cover-up, the Commissioner said the police would cooperate with anyone, including the media, if they provided specific information about the alleged incident. Mr. Chandrashekar dismissed reports that he rushed to the hotel to apologise to the VIPs, bail out the guilty, and provide them a safe escort and said, "Last Sunday I did not venture out of the house and neither did the city police receive any complaint about illicit activities in any of the hotels or resorts."

Reiterating that the charges against the police were false, Mr. Chandrashekar said: "There was no cover-up, and neither did we carry out raids last Sunday nor was the sub-inspector chastised by me for leaking the `incident' to the press."

When asked if the police inquiry revealed the presence of any officials from the legal or judicial fraternity in the city last Sunday when the incident allegedly took place, the Commissioner replied in the negative and said he had no information of their presence and the inquiries also did not yield any results. But, he added, "It is not possible to keep a tab on all the 10 lakh people of Mysore or one lakh visitors who arrive here daily."

He refused to answer any questions regarding the presence of High Court officials to investigate the alleged incident and said the police would submit a report to the Government on its findings.

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