Jarkiholi case: Magistrate court orders probe against city police commissioner
The Hindu
Kamal Panth, DCP Anucheth and Cubbon Park PI move HC challenging magistrate’s order
A magistrate court in the city on Tuesday ordered investigation against City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) M.N. Anucheth and Cubbon Park Police Inspector Maruty B. for allegedly delaying registration of First Information Report (FIR) in the CD scandal allegedly involving former Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.
All the three officers on Wednesday moved the High Court challenging the legality of Tuesday’s direction of the magistrate court to the Cubbon Park Police to register a FIR against them and submit a report after conducting investigation into the allegations made in a private complaint.
The VIII Additional Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru City, on November 23 had ordered registration of FIR against the three officers based on the private complaint registered by one Adarsh Iyer, a social activist, on April 7, 2021. The complainant had filed the private complaint before the magistrate after the police had not acted on his complaint against the three officers.
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