BENGALURU, 12 JUNE

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has issued a notice to senior BJP leader and former chief minister BS Yediyurappa to appear before its probe team for an inquiry in connection with a POCSO case registered against him, police sources said on Wednesday.

Yediyurappa is presently in Delhi, and he is likely to join the probe after he returns, sources close to him said.

According to police, Yediyurappa has been booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act and Section 354 A (Sexual harassment) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who alleged that he sexually assaulted her daughter during a meeting on February two this year.

On 14 March, hours after Sadashivanagar police registered the case, Karnataka Director General of Police Alok Mohan issued an order transferring it to the CID for further investigation with immediate effect.

The 54-year-old woman, who had levelled the charge against Yediyurappa, died at a private hospital here last month due to lung cancer.

The 81-year-old Yediyurappa has denied the charge and said he would fight the case legally. The CID has already recorded the statement of the victim and her mother under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, police added. —PTI