Bengaluru, Oct 29 (PTI) The Bengaluru police, which investigated the alleged sting operation containing defamatory content against former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Thursday said the allegation of sexual abuse is part of a "fabricated and deliberately constructed narrative."
The police said that the statements and evidence collected do not substantiate the occurrence of any such incident as mentioned in the video.
"The evidence gathered so far prima facie indicates that the allegations of sexual abuse portrayed in the video are part of a fabricated and deliberately constructed narrative," the Bengaluru police said in a statement.
Police said that all individuals appearing in the video have been identified and extensively examined, some on multiple occasions.
"Their statements and the evidence collected so far, prima facie, with regard to the allegations made or implied in the recording about any individuals mentioned in the video, is false and concocted," the statement said.
Further investigation into these aspects is continuing, it added.
The alleged sting operation video was posted on a social media platform compelling Siddaramaiah to obtain an injunction from a court against the airing, transmitting and publishing it.
He had also lodged a police complaint in this regard.
While Siddaramaiah named Kripa Alva, who was aspiring a Congress ticket from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada, behind the sting operation, his son and Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah blamed some Congress leaders behind it.
Police arrested a few individuals, including the social media team members of JD(S).
Union Minister and JD(S) second-in-command H D Kumaraswamy alleged that the police were framing innocent party workers while sparing those who were the masterminds of it.
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