Section 8 and Section 354 Aof POSCO Act have been invoked

Sadashivanagar Police booked the case

Alleged incident is believed to have taken place on February 2nd

Former Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa has been booked under Section 8 (sexual assault) and Section 354 A ( Assault and use of criminal force against woman) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) act following a complaint from the mother of a 17-year-old girl. The Sadashivanagar Police filed the complaint late at night on 14th March. The mother is reported to have approached the station during the evening. The incident is believed to have occurred on February 2nd when the mother reached Yedyiyurappa’s residence seeking help. Mr. Yediyurappa began to listen to my problem keenly on how I got cheated. “Me and Yediyurappa spoke for around 9 minutes and he told his male maids to provide tea. Me and my daughter drank tea while speaking to him. During the nine minutes conversation I also informed that my daughter is a rape victim and then he said he know about her case. This was not the first time me and my daughter met Yediyurappa for support and I have documentary evidence. I beseeched him to investigate my cases by constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) as I was cheated of several crores. Mr. Yediyurappa said he may not be able to support. And all along the conversation he was holding my daughter’s hand. My daughter considers him as grandfather and calls him Thatha (Grandfather) and I used to call him Appaji (Dear Dad),” the complaint mentioned in the FIR. 

This was supposedly in relation to a cheating case. It is being claimed the girl’s mother that the alleged sexual assault too place inside a room.  “After about nine minutes he called my daughter to come inside. My daughter listened to him and went. My daughter and Yediyurappa were inside a room for at least 5 minutes. During that time, Mr. Yediyurappa asked about the rape accused and can she still remember his face. Later while talking to my daughter who is a minor rape victim, he slipped his hand inside her shirt and squeezed her right breast. My daughter immediately pushed him away. Then she asked to open the door which was locked by him when he took her,” the FIR mentions.