Bengaluru: The Karnataka CID submitted charge sheet on former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in POSCO case in the Special Fast Track Court on Thursday. The CID is probing a POCSO case against him.

According to the CID charge sheet, Yediyurappa, in collusion with the other three accused, had been charged under the POCSO Act and IPC’s sections 354(A) (sexual harassment), 204 (destroying document or electronic record) and 214 (offering bribe to another person to make them conceal an offence). The other accused face charges who colluding with Yediyurappa to hush up the case under IPC’s sections 204 and 214.

The CID in its charge sheet mentions that the complainant had gone to meet Yediyurappa at his residence on Feb 2^nd this year to seek his help regarding the sexual assault against her 17 year old daughter. Yediyurappa, holding the wrist of the girl, took her into a room in his residence, locked it, and sexually harassed her by putting his hand into her bra and pressing her chest, it said.

When the victim uploaded the photo and video on a social media account, the accused had got them called to his residence through other accused persons and gave Rs 2 lakh cash to the complainant. The accused had also got the photos and video deleted from social media and from the iPhone gallery.

The victim’s mother had passed away on May 26^th due to health complications in Bengaluru. Yediyurappa had refuted the charges and said that he was ready to face any case.