Karnataka: Trouble brews for Yeddyurappa, Ananth Kumar over leaked audio clip
The cybercrime cell is investigating the complaint filed by the KPCC Legal Cell Chairman, CM Dhananjay.
In Short
- FSL has matched the voices of the two BJP leaders with the leaked clip.
- The duo has been accused of giving money to the central leadership.
- ACB has filed an FIR against Yeddyurappa and Kumar.
Trouble seems to be brewing for the Karnataka state BJP president B S Yeddyurappa and Union Minister Ananth Kumar as the forensic laboratories have confirmed that an audio clip shared by senior Congress leader V S Ugrappa has the voice of the two BJP leaders.
The cybercrime cell is investigating the complaint filed by the KPCC Legal Cell Chairman, CM Dhananjay.
The cyber cell then referred the audio clip to the forensic sciences laboratory to check the veracity of the clip and match the voices. The anti-corruption bureau today lodged an FIR against both Yeddyurappa and Kumar after the FSL matched their voices.
Releasing the audio clip to media in February this year, Ugrappa alleged that in a private conversation between the two leaders that the Kumar and Yeddyurappa admitted to giving money to the BJP central leadership.
The incident is said to have taken place during the Bharatiya Janata Party's Core Committee meeting in February this year.
Now the cybercrime cell is contemplating handing over the case to the anti-corruption bureau in a few days time to investigate the bribery angle as it does not fall in the purview of the cyber cell.
It may seem to be a tit for tat after the Siddaramaiah government was accused of giving money to the party high command by the BJP where they claimed that the transactions were mentioned in a diary of a Congress leader.