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Cop blows whistle, says VK Sasikala paid bribe to DGP

The investigation will be conducted on the basis of a report by Deputy Inspector General of Police (Prisons) D. Roopa Moudgil, who has alleged that a separate kitchen was operating in the prison to prepare food for Sasikala

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday ordered a high-level probe into allegations that senior prison department officials took a bribe of Rs 2 crore to provide special treatment for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, who is serving a four-year sentence at Parappana Agrahara Central jail in Bengaluru.

The investigation will be conducted on the basis of a report by Deputy Inspector General of Police (Prisons) D. Roopa Moudgil, who has alleged that a separate kitchen was operating in the prison to prepare food for Sasikala and that there was speculation doing rounds that Rs 2 crore was paid to senior prison officials, including DGP (Prisons) HN Sathyanarayana Rao.

"There are rumours that Rs 2 crore has been paid as bribe for this. Since these allegations are against you (Rao), I request you to act immediately and punish people violating the rules," she wrote.

Rao, however, denied the allegations, saying that they were absolutely false, baseless and wild. "No special treatment was given to anyone, including Sasikala," he said. "There is no special kitchen in the prison."

Rao accused his junior officer of going to media without any evidence, a claim Moudgil countered. "If the DGP finds it false, he has every means to get it enquired into again. Let there be a fact-finding inquiry," she said, pointing out that a copy of the report has been sent to the government.

The Bengaluru prison has been in the eye of the controversy involving Sasikala earlier for allowing more number of visitors in violation of prison rules.

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