Politics · India · 9 hrs ago
Siddaramaiah files complaint over video he calls a fake sting operation
Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has filed a police complaint over a video he calls a fake sting operation.
Speaking in Mysuru, he alleged the video was made to blackmail him and damage his reputation after he left office.
He said the video features Congress leader Kripa Alva and media organisation owner Rakesh Shetty, and claimed Shetty admitted carrying out the operation.
Siddaramaiah has also sought a court injunction against publication of the video.
His son, Karnataka minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah, alleged that people within Congress were involved, but cautioned that this did not mean the whole party was against his father.
The police investigation is ongoing, and Siddaramaiah said he wants it to identify who was behind the video; he does not believe a special investigation team is needed.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he filed a police complaint over a video he described as a fake sting operation.
He alleged the video was intended to blackmail and defame him after he lost power.
Siddaramaiah said he wanted the people behind the video identified and that he had obtained a civil court injunction against further publicity.
The Central Crime Branch arrested Delhi-based Ritesh Pandey over uploading the video on social media and later released him on bail.
Police are investigating how the footage was recorded, transferred and circulated, and whether others were involved.
- Who
- Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah filed the complaint. Delhi-based Ritesh Pandey was arrested in connection with uploading the video.
- What
- Siddaramaiah complained about a video he called a fake sting operation, alleging it was intended to blackmail him.
- When
- Siddaramaiah said the video first came to his notice on September 26. He said he filed the complaint on Friday; Pandey was arrested on Saturday.
- Where
- Siddaramaiah spoke to reporters in Mysuru. The video was uploaded on social media.
- Why
- Siddaramaiah said he wanted the truth to emerge and those behind the video to be identified. He alleged it was intended to blackmail and defame him.
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Siddaramaiah said the video first came to his notice.
Siddaramaiah told reporters he had filed a police complaint over the video.
The Central Crime Branch arrested Ritesh Pandey in connection with uploading the video.
Pandey was brought to Bengaluru for questioning and his phone was seized.
A Metropolitan Magistrate Court granted Pandey bail, subject to his cooperating with the investigation.
- Complainant
- Siddaramaiah, former Karnataka chief minister
- Video first noticed
- September 26
- Arrested
- Ritesh Pandey, a Delhi-based man
- Investigating agency
- Central Crime Branch
- Court action
- Pandey was granted bail subject to cooperating with the investigation
- Injunction
- Siddaramaiah said he obtained a civil court injunction against further publicity of the video
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What people are saying
This is a false case. This case was done with the intention to blackmail me. Therefore, I myself have filed a complaint so that the truth comes out. The people should know the truth and also who is behind this,
Rakesh Shetty himself has admitted that they did it. There is no truth in this video,
The whole thing was done to damage my father, tarnish his image, destroy his legacy and blackmail him,