Yediyurappa requests High Court to cancel POCSO case against him
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New Delhi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa approached the Karnataka High Court seeking to cancel the child sex abuse case against him.
Meanwhile, police yesterday filed a chargesheet against the BJP leader in the special court dealing with cases that come under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), NDTV reported.
In March this year, the Sadashivanagar police filed a case of molestation against the BJP leader.
Subsequently, Karnataka Director General of Police Alok Mohan transferred the case to the crime investigation department (CID) for further investigation.
The case against the BJP leader cropped up, after the mother of a 17-year-old girl complained that Yediyurappa had allegedly molested her daughter during a meeting in February this year at his residence in Dollars Colony.
Yediyurappa has denied the allegations. Meanwhile, the 54-year-old woman, who had raised the allegation, died last month due to lung cancer.
As part of the investigation, the CID questioned Yediyurappa for three hours on June 17.
The Karnataka High Court had earlier restrained the CID from arresting Yediyurappa in the case.