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.
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"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.
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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.
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