CD scandal: Congress demands Jarkiholi’s arrest, President’s rule in State

Congress leaders doubt the impartiality of SIT and insist on probe by Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court

Questioning the State government why it had not arrested BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi, an accused in the sex CD scandal case, even after registering a case against him under Section 376(C) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and condemning the protest by BJP activists against Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar in Belagavi, Congress leaders in Kalaburagi said that the law and order in the State had collapsed and demanded imposition of President’s rule. Addressing a media conference at the Congress office in Kalaburagi on Monday, former Minister Sharan Prakash Patil and Chittapur MLA Priyank Kharge said that Mr. Ramesh Jarkhiholi’s followers attempted to prevent Mr. Shivakumar from accompanying the Congress candidate for Belagavi Lok Sabha constituency for filing nomination papers.