Karnataka: Special Court Orders Probe Against Deputy CM D K Shivakumar On BJP Leader's Complaint; Here's All About It

The special court in Bengaluru has directed the city police to launch a probe against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Congress State IT cell head B R Naidu.

This directive comes following allegations that they used a morphed image of a protest by BJP leaders.

The BJP leaders had participated in a demonstration against the recent arrest of Srikanth Pujari, a Kar Sevak involved in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition agitation.

During the demonstration, BJP leaders held placards with the message "I'm also a Kar Sevak, arrest me too."

However, it is alleged that the Congress IT Cell morphed the writing on the placards to make it appear like a confessional statement of scams and other irregularities.

The complaint was lodged by Yogendra Hodaghatta, the BJP Legal Cell state convener, stating that the post used a false document to stir up enmity between communities.

As a result, the court directed the station house officer of the High Grounds police station to book a case under Section 156(3) of the CrPC, news agency PTI reported.

The court asked the police to submit a report on the investigation in the case by 30 March.

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