New Delhi: The Karnataka state government on Monday handed over the washroom video case of a private paramedical college in Udupi to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said.
In a Twitter post, Siddaramaiah said, "There is an allegation that a video was filmed in the toilet of a private college in Udupi, and as this is a sensitive case, the case has been handed over to the CID for further investigation."
The issue is regarding the alleged filming of a girl on a mobile phone by three female students in the washroom of a paramedical college in the coastal town of Udupi.
Earlier on Friday, a delegation of BJP legislators from coastal districts had met Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, and requested him to order the state government to conduct an SIT probe into the “washroom filming case,” reported news agency PTI.
Senior BJP leader Kota Shrinivas Poojari, who led the delegation had said, “Unfortunately, the government is conducting an investigation by a DySP (Deputy superintendents) level officer. If there is pressure from the government, a proper investigation by a DySP level officer is impossible. Therefore, we have demanded an SIT probe.”
Speaking to reporters after meeting the Governor, he said, the Home Minister (G Parameshwara) spoke as if this issue was a joke; the Chief Minister (Siddaramaiah) has not taken the case “seriously”, reported PTI.
The issue elicited sharp reactions and protests, as it took a communal turn, with rumours that girls of a particular community had targeted a girl from another community and shared a video of her that they allegedly shot in the restroom.