Karnataka honeytrap row: CID begins probe into minister's allegations

The CID has initiated a preliminary investigation into alleged honey trap attempts targeting Karnataka's Minister KN Rajanna.

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00:00Probe is intensifying into the Karnataka honey trap case and the CID begins probe into the honey trap bid

00:05Mr. Rajanna, Karnataka government says two attempts to honey trap him

00:10The CID police have begun a preliminary preliminary investigation into the alleged attempts to honey trap minister Rajanna

00:16This entire case gave attention after the minister of cooperation

00:20KN Rajanna revealed in the state assembly that he'd been a target of honey trap

00:24He'd further claimed that 48 other politicians across Karnataka and the country had been victims of similar attempts

00:30Yet following this disclosure

00:32He had submitted a detailed report to Home Minister G Parameshwara who had subsequently directed the DGP to investigate the matter

00:40Now the CID has in in fact begun the probe into the entire incident where Rajanna had said minister Rajanna

00:46Had said the two attempts were made to honey trap him

00:48They have begun a preliminary investigation into the alleged attempts to honey trap minister Rajanna

00:55The CID officials have already visited Rajanna's residence and gathered information from household staff

01:00My colleague Sagai Raj is joining me on the phone line with more details

01:04Sagai, we're seeing that the CID has now begun a preliminary investigation into the honey trap

01:10Claims that have been made by KN Rajanna. What more details can you give us?

01:14So, Cooperative Minister KN Rajanna had submitted a complaint to Home Minister last week and subsequently now

01:22The CID inquiry has already begun. The preliminary

01:26investigation has begun yesterday and the CID will continue to probe all

01:30possible angles and all the allegations made by KN Rajanna in this complaint copy. Remember that he has alleged that

01:37close to 48 political leaders

01:39irrespective of party, even national leaders are also

01:42victim of these kind of honey trap cases and the government should consider

01:49This particular case as very serious in nature and he has requested government to take certain action

01:55against the people who over

01:58have been involved in this particular

02:00honey trap

02:02racket

02:04Thanks Sagai for bringing us those details on that story. The CID now having begun the preliminary probe into the honey trap

02:11allegations made by Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna