Bengaluru: A day after Bengaluru City Police Commissioner said that the ‘sting’ video targeting former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was exchanged at his (HDK) residence in Delhi, Union Minister and senior JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) on Monday dared the Police to take action against him, while refuting the Police claim.

Addressing a press conference at Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy turned the tables on Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and accused the CM of having met and conspired with the accused to distribute sleaze videos of former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.

Accusing Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh of acting on the instructions of CM Shivakumar, HDK said “Many people visit my residence and there is no restriction on visitors. I do not know whom the Police Commissioner is referring to.”

 He also questioned the timing of the Police Commissioner’s statement that the phone used to upload the video had changed hands at his Delhi residence.

The Union Minister further alleged that the Police statement followed a meeting involving the CM, DGP and the Police Commissioner at Kanteerava Stadium after Sunday’s Rajyotsava celebrations.

Daring the Police to summon him for investigation, he maintained that ‘nobody has the guts’ to touch him. There is a suspicion that investigation was not being conducted objectively, he added.

Exerting pressure on PM Modi to carry out raids: Minister Kharge

Meanwhile, State Home Minister Priyank Kharge alleged that a Union Minister has been exerting pressure on the Modi Government to carry out ED, IT raids on him (Priyank) in connection with the KPSC scam.

In a post on X, Priyank Kharge said that speculations are abuzz in New Delhi on the efforts of a Union Minister and a person (Group D recruit) to target him regarding KPSC recruitment scam.