Sleaze case: Activist Kallahalli withdraws plaint against ex-Minister

Bengaluru, March 7 : In a dramatic twist to the sensational sleaze CD, city-based social activist Dinesh Kallahalli withdrew his compliant against former Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi in the case, police said on Sunday.
“His (Kallahalli’s) lawyer Kumar Patil submitted a letter in Kannada to us stating that he was withdrawing the complaint against Jarkiholi, as he was accused of taking Rs 5-crore ransom and damaging the reputation of the woman and her family,” a police official told reporters here.
Jarkiholi resigned as state water resources minister on March 3 a day after Kallahalli complained to the police that the accused had cheated a woman after an intimate relationship and released the sleaze CD to local news channels.
“As I am hurt after former state Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy alleged that I took ransom for exposing Jarkiholi through a CD, whose release in the public domain has caused damage to the victim’s family,” said Kallahalli in the letter.
Though police waited for Kallahalli to depose before its investigation team in the case since March 4, he sought protection to visit Cubbon Park police station, as he feared for life following threatening calls from unknown persons.
“We will study the contents of Kallahalli’s letter given through his lawyer for the next course of action as he does not want to pursue the case due to pressure,” police said.