The sex CD scandal took another turn on Friday as the woman featuring in the purported video lodged a police complaint against ex-Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi, alleging she was sexually exploited with the lure of a government job.
The woman also alleged she and her family member were facing threats to their lives. Earlier, Jarkiholi lodged a complaint against unidentified people for “framing him by creating the fake CD and blackmailing him”.
The woman sent a two-page letter, written in Kannada, through her advocate KN Jagadish to Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park police station. Based on the complaint, police registered a first information report against Jarkiholi under IPC sections 376C (related to taking advantage of official position and inducing or seducing any woman to have sexual intercourse, not amounting to the offence of rape), 354A (sexual harassment), 417 (cheating), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation), and section 67(A) of the Information Technology Act.
The woman’s statement from the FIR read: “I had met Ramesh Jarkiholi for a documentary. At that time, he promised a government job and spoke with concern. He asked me to cooperate in all ways with him for the job and I trusted him. From Karnataka Bhavan in Delhi he made a video call to me and directed me to undress, I did. Later, he invited me to his apartment stating he wanted to discuss about my job. There he developed physical contact with me. Later, he abused me for asking (for) the job. After the sex CD went viral on media, life threats were issued against me and my family. I seek legal action against the accused for sexually exploiting me on pretext of giving me government job.”