As part of the standard operating procedure (SOP), the woman in the CD scandal involving BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi underwent medical examination at Bowring Hospital on Wednesday, a day after she made an appearance for the first time since the scandal broke out and recorded her statement alleging sexual harassment.
Special Investigation Team (SIT) officials are now preparing for inspection of the spot where the alleged crime took place. The SIT also questioned her for the second time based on her statement and the evidence it has collected during the course of the investigation. The SIT is learnt to have quizzed her about the incident and also how and through whom she was introduced to Mr. Jarkiholi.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the SIT was looking into all angles as per the criminal procedures, and would not buckle under any political pressure.
“The SIT will have to do in-detail probe systematically. No one can intervene in it, so I will also not comment on it,” said Mr. Bommai, who also holds the Law and Parliamentary Affairs portfolio. He appealed that no one should try to cause any obstruction to the fair probe by making unnecessary comments or lowering seriousness of the probe, he said.
The Minister hit out at the Congress for its criticisms against the SIT probe. KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday alleged that the B.S. Yediyurappa-led government had been supporting and standing behind Mr. Jarkiholi. The Congress sought to know why the former Minister was not yet arrested.
