<p>Bengaluru: Karnataka police chief Alok Mohan, on Friday, asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take over the investigation into <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/fir-against-former-karnataka-cm-b-s-yediyurappa-for-sexually-assaulting-a-minor-girl-2937707">the POCSO case</a> against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. A senior officer from the CID confirmed to DH that they have been asked to take over the case through a letter from the state DG&IGP, Alok Mohan, but official hand over of the investigation is yet to happen. </p><p>Late Thursday night, a 53-year-old woman filed a complaint with the Sadashivanagar police that former CM and BJP leader Yediyurappa sexually assaulted her minor daughter. On Friday afternoon, the Sadashivanagar police visited Yediyurappa’s house and conducted a preliminary probe. </p>.I tried to help that woman; did not expect this: B S Yediyurappa after being booked under POCSO.<p>The FIR, filed by the resident of Akshay Nagar in South Bengaluru, alleges that Yediyurappa touched her 17-year-old girl inappropriately and molested her. The complainant told the police that the incident happened when she visited Yediyurappa’s house in Sadashivanagar on February 2. </p><p>The woman claimed that she visited Yediyurappa to get a rape case transferred to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Explaining the delay in filing the complaint, the woman told police that she was afraid and couldn't muster enough courage to lodge a complaint.</p><p>The Sadashivanagar police have registered the FIR under Prevention of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and under IPC Section 354A (Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment).</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Karnataka police chief Alok Mohan, on Friday, asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take over the investigation into <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/fir-against-former-karnataka-cm-b-s-yediyurappa-for-sexually-assaulting-a-minor-girl-2937707">the POCSO case</a> against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. A senior officer from the CID confirmed to DH that they have been asked to take over the case through a letter from the state DG&IGP, Alok Mohan, but official hand over of the investigation is yet to happen. </p><p>Late Thursday night, a 53-year-old woman filed a complaint with the Sadashivanagar police that former CM and BJP leader Yediyurappa sexually assaulted her minor daughter. On Friday afternoon, the Sadashivanagar police visited Yediyurappa’s house and conducted a preliminary probe. </p>.I tried to help that woman; did not expect this: B S Yediyurappa after being booked under POCSO.<p>The FIR, filed by the resident of Akshay Nagar in South Bengaluru, alleges that Yediyurappa touched her 17-year-old girl inappropriately and molested her. The complainant told the police that the incident happened when she visited Yediyurappa’s house in Sadashivanagar on February 2. </p><p>The woman claimed that she visited Yediyurappa to get a rape case transferred to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Explaining the delay in filing the complaint, the woman told police that she was afraid and couldn't muster enough courage to lodge a complaint.</p><p>The Sadashivanagar police have registered the FIR under Prevention of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and under IPC Section 354A (Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment).</p>