Sexual Assault: A case has been registered under the POCSO Act against BS Yeddyurappa

Former chief minister and senior BJP leader B.S.Yediyurappa was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences(Pocso) Act on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor at his residence in Bengaluru last month.

The Sadashivanagar police in Bengaluru have registered a case under the Pocso Act. A woman lodged a complaint saying that she visited his residence on February 2 seeking justice in a rape case against her daughter.

As per reports, in the first information report(FIR), Yediyurappa allegedly took the minor to a room, closed the door and sexually assaulted her. The woman further alleged in the FIR that when she confronted Yediyurappa, he said that he was checking if the girl was raped or not. Yediyurappa later allegedly apologised and asked the woman not to reveal the matter to anyone.

Reacting to the allegations, the former CM said that around one-and-a-half months ago, they (the victim and her mother) had come to his house seeking help and he had taken them inside. “After listening to her, I called the city police commissioner B Dayananda over phone seeking to address her problem. Later, she started talking against me and I then suspected that there is some health problem with her. I sent them to city police commissioner’s office. I even gave her some money as they were in distress. I came to know that an FIR has been registered and will look into it. Let's see what happens next I never expected this. But this is what I get for helping someone,” he added.