<p>Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and BJP leader, B S Yediyurappa, has been charged with alleged sexual assault of minor girl, in an FIR filed at Sadashivanagar police station late Thursday night. </p><p>The FIR, filed by a resident of Akshay Nagar of South Bengaluru, alleges that Yediyurappa touched her 17-year-old girl inappropriately and molested her. The complainant told police that the incident happened when she visited Yediyurappa’s house in Sadashivanagar on February 2. </p> .I tried to help that woman; did not expect this: B S Yediyurappa after being booked under POCSO.<p>The woman said in the complaint, “We went to Yediurappa’s house to seek his help in getting justice to my daughter who's a rape victim. He heard us for a few minutes and later took my daughter to a room and molested her.”</p><p>The woman claimed that she visited Yediurappa to get the case transferred to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Explaining the delay in filing the complaint, the woman told police that she was afraid and didn’t have courage to lodge a complaint.</p><p>Sadashivanagar Police have opened an FIR under Prevention of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) and under IPC Section 354a ( Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual).</p><p><strong>Home minister reacts</strong></p><p>Speaking to reporters on Monday, near his Sadashivanagar house, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara called the FIR against former CM Yediyurappa a "sensitive" issue. He said the investigations were on and not much could be revealed before knowing the actual truth at this stage. </p><p>“I was told there were other complaints that the woman has registered in the past, we will investigate them,” Parameshwara said when a reporter asked about the woman having filed several complaints in the past. </p><p>The woman is said to have filed similar complaints against VIPs on several occasions in the past. </p><p>Asked whether there was any political angle to the case, he said, “We don't know anything about the woman. She has gone to the police station herself and filed a complaint and the police haven’t refused and registered the complaint."</p><p>When asked if the woman will be given protection, Parameshwara said, “When there’s a woman, who is under some sort of stress and needs protection, the police will definitely provide it.”</p>
<p>Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and BJP leader, B S Yediyurappa, has been charged with alleged sexual assault of minor girl, in an FIR filed at Sadashivanagar police station late Thursday night. </p><p>The FIR, filed by a resident of Akshay Nagar of South Bengaluru, alleges that Yediyurappa touched her 17-year-old girl inappropriately and molested her. The complainant told police that the incident happened when she visited Yediyurappa’s house in Sadashivanagar on February 2. </p> .I tried to help that woman; did not expect this: B S Yediyurappa after being booked under POCSO.<p>The woman said in the complaint, “We went to Yediurappa’s house to seek his help in getting justice to my daughter who's a rape victim. He heard us for a few minutes and later took my daughter to a room and molested her.”</p><p>The woman claimed that she visited Yediurappa to get the case transferred to a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Explaining the delay in filing the complaint, the woman told police that she was afraid and didn’t have courage to lodge a complaint.</p><p>Sadashivanagar Police have opened an FIR under Prevention of Children From Sexual Offences (POCSO) and under IPC Section 354a ( Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual).</p><p><strong>Home minister reacts</strong></p><p>Speaking to reporters on Monday, near his Sadashivanagar house, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara called the FIR against former CM Yediyurappa a "sensitive" issue. He said the investigations were on and not much could be revealed before knowing the actual truth at this stage. </p><p>“I was told there were other complaints that the woman has registered in the past, we will investigate them,” Parameshwara said when a reporter asked about the woman having filed several complaints in the past. </p><p>The woman is said to have filed similar complaints against VIPs on several occasions in the past. </p><p>Asked whether there was any political angle to the case, he said, “We don't know anything about the woman. She has gone to the police station herself and filed a complaint and the police haven’t refused and registered the complaint."</p><p>When asked if the woman will be given protection, Parameshwara said, “When there’s a woman, who is under some sort of stress and needs protection, the police will definitely provide it.”</p>