The alleged incident of sexual assault occurred on February 2 when a woman and her 17-year-old daughter had gone to seek the former CM’s help in connection with a cheating case, according to police sources.
The Sadashivanagar police late on Thursday (March 14) night booked senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, 81, under a section of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) acting on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old of sexual assault.
Police sources confirmed that a case had been booked under section 8 of the POCSO Act and Section 354 A of the Indian Penal Code.