HD Kumaraswamy
The accused has appeared on television and said he conducted the sting, yet we are being asked to provide evidence about it,” he said, criticising Kharge’s handling of the investigation. “Instead of pursuing those accused of conducting and recording the sting, police are going after our party workers. This investigation is being conducted in a manner that creates suspicion about me,” he alleged. ‘TV employee’s death covered up’ Kumaraswamy also questioned the handling of the alleged suspicious death of Vicky, an employee of Kannada channel Power TV. “Why was the incident covered up? Why was an unnatural death report (UDR) registered? Why was there no investigation? If it was an unnatural death, why was a post-mortem not conducted?” he asked. “If you keep asking us for evidence, what is the police department for? Is it meant to create false evidence? Kumaraswamy alleged that the sting controversy was being used to divert attention from the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) scam.
He claimed to have information that a person who promised Rs 10 lakh in compensation to the employee’s family had paid only Rs 2 lakh, without naming the individual.
Hassan: Union minister HD Kumaraswamy Saturday accused chief minister DK Shivakumar and home minister Priyank Kharge of conspiring to implicate the JD(S) in the alleged sting operation involving former chief minister Siddaramaiah , claiming the investigation was being diverted despite the alleged perpetrator admitting to conducting the operation.