SIT records Ramesh Jarakiholi's statement in CD gate

Former Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi's statement was recorded by the Special Investigation Team in connection with the CD case. The SIT recorded a four-page statement at Jarkiholi's residence in Sadashivanagar.

Bengaluru:The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the CD gate, recorded former Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi's statement on Tuesday.

The SIT recorded a four-page statement at Jarkiholi's residence in Sadashivanagar.

"I am not in the said video and have nothing to do with it. I had come to know about the video four months back from the former MLA Nagaraj. He along with a few other MLAs had demanded Rs 5 crore in exchange for the CD. As I did not pay them, they used the video to tarnish my image," Jarkiholi said.

The SIT has also served a notice to the woman seen in the video, directing her to appear before the police.

The notice to the woman, who remains absconding since the video emerged, is pasted on the door of her residence in Vijayapura district.

A massive controversy broke out in Karnataka after social activist Dinesh Kalahalli released the CD, which purported showed Jarkiholi in a compromising position with a woman.