Karnataka BJP law-maker in sex CD row
Thursday March 28, 2013 11:16:29 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
A CD allegedly showing Karnataka BJP law maker Raghupathi Bhat in
sexual acts has surfaced, prompting him to announce that he would
not contest the May 5 assembly polls in the state.
Bhat, a second-time law-maker from Udupi, about 400km west of
Bangalore, however, denied he is the man shown in the CD and
sought a probe to establish the truth.
State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Pralhad Joshi told
reporters here that the party would take action only after it is
proved that the man in the CD is Bhat.
Bhat told Kannada TV channels from Udupi that he too had received
a copy of the CD only late Wednesday and he suspects a "political
conspiracy" against him.
The channels did not telecast the CD on the ground that it was too
explicit.
Bhat said his decision to stay away from the assembly poll was
intended to avoid embarrassment for his party.
Joshi also said the development would not affect BJP's prospects
in the polls.
Bhat, 45, is not new to controversies.
His wife Padmapriya was found dead in an apartment in Dwarka
locality in southwest Delhi in July 2008 after remaining missing
for five days.
Karnataka Police have termed the death of Padmapriya, who was 32
at that time, as suicide and Bhat's childhood friend Atul Rao has
been charged with abetting it. The trial in the case continues.
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