Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa is believed to be in Delhi and he will be arrested soon in the POCSO case registered against him. A fast track court in Bengaluru had issued an arrest warrant against Yediyurappa after he failed to join the probe on Wednesday.
Addressing presspersons, Parameshwara said, “A warrant has been issued for Yediyurappa. Police will bring him along with them and get all the information related to the case. Then legal action will be taken. There is information that he is in Delhi. He said he would come on Monday, June 16.”
Parameshwara added that there was no delay in the probe into the POCSO case against Yediyurappa and all due procedures are being followed. “All checks should be done as per the procedure. Yediyurappa is a senior person and one of the VIPs, so everything should be checked. There is an arrest warrant against Yediyurappa. It would be good if he comes soon,” he said.
A Bengaluru court on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Yediyurappa in the case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on March 14 this year. The Special Investigation Team of the CID had moved the First Fast Track Court seeking an arrest warrant against him since he failed to appear for questioning on Wednesday. Yediyurappa had sought time to join the probe.
Yediyurappa has been booked under the POCSO Act and Section 354A (Sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who alleged that he molested her daughter during a meeting on February two this year, at his residence in Dollars Colony Bengaluru.
-with inputs from agencies.
