Mysuru, 10 May

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday expressed confidence in the State constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sexual harassment case against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. He asserted that there was no need to hand it over to CBI.

Hitting out at the Opposition parties, he claimed that BJP (when it was in power in the State) had never assigned even a single case to CBI and that there was a time when the outfit used to refer to CBI as ‘Corruption Bureau of Investigation’.

“Former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda used to call CBI as 'Chor Bachao Institution’ and now they love CBI?” he told reporters here. He cited some cases referred to CBI during the previous Congress rule in the State and asked: "but was anyone punished in these cases?"

“Our government does not interfere in legal proceedings and investigations. Not now, nor in the past, have I instructed any police officers to do something beyond or against the law. However, there is no need for a CBI probe. Our police should be trusted,” he said.

The Chief Minister made it clear that neither he nor Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar are involved in the investigation of the case. -PTI