'Fabricated': K'taka DGP after 'compromising' video goes viral; CM warns of action

NEW DELHI: Karnataka DGP (civil rights enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao came nether scrutiny connected Monday aft a video allegedly showing him successful a compromising presumption with women went viral connected societal media.

Rao rejected the videos outright, calling them "fabricated and false."Chief curate Siddaramaiah warned of strict enactment if the authoritative is recovered blameworthy and said the substance volition beryllium investigated.

"I got to cognize astir it successful the morning. We volition initiate disciplinary enactment against him. No 1 is supra law, notwithstanding however elder the constabulary serviceman is,” said Siddaramaiah.Rao attempted to clarify his presumption by seeking a gathering with location curate G Parameshwara, but the gathering did not instrumentality place.

Speaking to reporters extracurricular the minister’s house, helium said, "I americium besides reasoning however and erstwhile it happened and who has done it. In this epoch thing tin happen. I person nary thought astir it."When asked whether the video was old, helium said, "Old means, 8 years agone erstwhile I was successful Belagavi." On his adjacent steps, Rao said helium would sermon the substance with his advocate. "I americium shocked. It is each fabricated, lie. The video is each false. I person nary thought astir it," helium added.

When questioned further, helium said, "I volition cognize lone if it had happened. I don't cognize astir it," and that helium would explicate to the Home Minister that mendacious accusation is being spread.Rao is the stepfather of Harshavardhini Ranya, besides known arsenic Ranya Rao, who is presently lodged successful Bengaluru Central Jail aft being arrested successful a sensational golden smuggling case.Karnataka curate Laxmi Hebbalkar said the authorities volition enactment if wrongdoing is found.

"Being the Woman and Child Development Minister I tin archer you that we volition instrumentality enactment mercilessly, irrespective of the seniority helium holds," she told reporters.Senior BJP MLA and erstwhile curate S Suresh Kumar criticised Rao’s actions, calling them "an inexcusable crime." "Rao has committed an enactment that has brought a blot connected the full constabulary department. The enactment committed by this elder officer, successful azygous and wrong his ain office, has made radical presumption the constabulary section itself with suspicion and doubt," Kumar said.Social activistic Dinesh Kallahalli demanded Rao’s suspension.