"No Coercive Action": HD Kumaraswamy, Son Get Relief In Defamation Case

Senior IPS officer Chandrashekar had accused Kumaraswamy of defaming and threatening him and his family.

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy and his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy got relief from the Karnataka High Court in connection with the FIR registered against him based on the complaint by Lokayukta SIT ADGP M Chandrashekar.

The High Court bench passed the order on Wednesday while looking into the petition by Kumaraswamy seeking quashing of the FIR. ADGP Chandrashekhar has registered the complaint against Union Minister Kumaraswamy at Bengaluru's Sanjaynagar Police Station.

The High Court has ordered that no coercive action be taken against him and granted him interim relief.