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BENGALURU: Karnataka DGP (Civil Rights Enforcement) K Ramachandra Rao was suspended connected Monday nighttime aft the authorities authorities ordered a probe into unverified sleaze videos allegedly showing the elder IPS serviceman successful intimate acts with women wrong his office. Chief curate Siddaramaiah said disciplinary enactment would travel a elaborate inquiry. “We volition instrumentality action. No 1 is supra the law, nevertheless elder the serviceman whitethorn be,” the CM said successful Badami, adding that helium became alert of the substance earlier successful the time and had directed a probe.
The suspension came hours aft purported videos went viral connected societal media, triggering governmental outrage and a flurry of complaints to some authorities and cardinal authorities.
The root and authenticity of the videos stay unverified, and the authorities authorities said they would beryllium examined arsenic portion of the inquiry.
Rao denies charges, calls videos ‘fabricated’
Rao rejected the allegations outright, calling the videos “fabricated, mendacious and aimed astatine maligning maine and scuttling my career”. He told reporters that his attempts to conscionable location curate G Parameshwara did not fructify and suggested the footage could subordinate to his posting successful Belagavi astir 8 years ago.
“I volition consult my advocator and instrumentality due ineligible action,” helium said. The authorities has sought a study from the location department. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said helium was unaware of the details and referred queries to the CM and the location minister.
Complaints to PMO, DoPT; audio clips adhd twist
As the contention escalated, societal activistic and Ballari-based Anna Foundation main Rajshekar Mulali wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), seeking ineligible enactment against Rao for alleged misuse of power, nationalist bureau and constabulary uniform, and for showing “disrespect to nationalist and authorities symbols”. Another activist, Dinesh Kallahalli, filed a ailment with the main caput and further main secretary, demanding Rao’s suspension and disciplinary enactment nether the All India Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1969. Late Monday evening, 2 audio clips besides surfaced connected societal media, purportedly featuring a speech betwixt a constabulary serviceman and a woman. Their authenticity could not beryllium independently verified.
The circulation of the audio, alongside the videos, further fuelled governmental and nationalist outrage.
Opposition ups pressure
Senior BJP MLA and erstwhile instrumentality curate S Suresh Kumar termed the alleged acts “an unforgivable crime” that formed a shadiness implicit the credibility of the constabulary force, pointing to the tricolour disposable successful the inheritance of the video arsenic a motion of disrespect to the nationalist flag. Opposition leaders accused the authorities of shielding the serviceman and demanded an autarkic probe. Women and Child Development Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar said the authorities would enactment “mercilessly, irrespective of seniority” if wrongdoing was established.
Past controversies resurface
Rao, who is besides the stepfather of Kannada histrion Harshavardhini Ranya alias Ranya Rao has faced scrutiny earlier successful his career. Opposition leaders cited erstwhile controversies to reason for swift and strict action. The authorities authorities said the authenticity of the videos and audio clips volition beryllium verified and that further enactment volition beryllium connected the result of the inquiry.
