Taking serious exception to the Criminal Investigation Department issuing notice to Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) spokesperson Priyank Kharge, asking him to submit evidence regarding the PSI recruitment exam scam, KPCC vice-president Sharan Prakash Patil asked the CID to first arrest BJP leader Divya Hagaragi, one of the prime accused in the case, instead of issuing notices to whistleblowers.
“Mr. Priyank Kharge released an audio clip of a purported conversation between a candidate and the middleman that sheds light on the possibility of the involvement of higher-ups in the Government in the scam. The audio was already in the public domain. A Kannada daily had carried a news report on the audio clip before Mr. Priyank Kharge released it. It is surprising that the evidence, which is in the public domain, is not with the investigating agency. If it doesn’t have, it could have requested Mr. Priyank Kharge to provide it instead of giving notice asking him to personally appear and submit it. CID is not arresting Ms. Hagaragi, a prime accused in the case. It is instead threatening the person who is questioning the way that the CID is investigating the case,” Mr. Patil said at a press conference in Kalaburagi on Tuesday.
Terming the CID notice as a threat, Mr. Patil said that the State Government was taking revenge against Mr. Priyank Kharge as the latter had successfully exposed the Government in the Bitcoin scandal with substantial evidence.
