Jarkiholi recordsdata extortion FIR, says ‘fake’ CD was made to blackmail him

Ten days after he was compelled to resign as Karnataka minister after a intercourse CD surfaced and allegations of sexual harassment got here up towards him, Ramesh Jarkiholi, 60, on Saturday filed a proper police criticism of extortion, forgery and prison conspiracy towards unnamed individuals.
An affiliate of Jarkiholi, M V Nagaraj, lodged the criticism at Sadashivanagar police station in Bengaluru after the previous minister despatched a written criticism to the police.
In his criticism, Jarkiholi claimed that the CD was faux and that an effort was made to blackmail him utilizing the CD. “It is a conspiracy. It is a bogus CD that has been used to blackmail. This affects not just me but all those who could be blackmailed similarly. We have started the legal battle,” Jarkiholi mentioned after the police criticism was filed on Saturday.
Jarkiholi’s criticism comes three days after the state authorities constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to analyze allegations by him about an alleged conspiracy to defame him and convey him into disrepute.
On Friday, the SIT carried out searches at a number of areas and questioned a number of individuals linked to sharing of the movies in public area, and the alleged conspiracy behind it.
“Those touched so far are ground workers; there are bigger people involved. There is a director and producer,” Jarkiholi mentioned after his criticism was lodged.
The SIT has searched the house of a former TV journalist Naresh Gowda in Tumkur area. Naresh, thought-about near a high political chief, has been reported as not being seen for greater than six days by his household.
The police have additionally reportedly tracked down shut mates of the girl seen within the movies who’re reportedly conscious of the intercourse CD. The lady within the CD stay untraced to date and efforts are on to search out her, police sources mentioned. There have been studies that she may quickly launch a press release on investigations being carried out over the alleged intercourse CD and alleged harassment by Jarkiholi.
As a part of preliminary probe, the SIT has questioned no less than three individuals working within the tv media in south Karnataka who allegedly acquired the movies first and have been a part of a bunch – additionally involving a video editor with a channel and former journalist from Tumkur – who plotted the importing, modifying and distribution of the alleged intercourse recordings.
An advocate in Bhalki area of north Karnataka has filed a police criticism saying that his 26-year-old nephew, Abhishek, a Law scholar, is lacking for 3 days – he’s reportedly linked to the CD case.