Cops reject complaint against CM

Au00a0person had filed a complaint against Yeddyurappa for slapping his driver on Wednesday. However, the police rejected it stating that it wasn't fit for investigation.


All's well: Yeddyurappa, after speaking to the media at his residence,
leaves for Gadag district with his driver whom he had slapped on
Wednesday. Pic/Ramesh H S

Inspector Srinivas of Malleshwaram police station, where the complaint was lodged, said, "Though the complaint was initially registered under Crime Miscellaneous, we had to discard it as it wasn't fit for investigation. Besides, the complaint was filed by a third party who had witnessed the incident on TV."

He added that as the driver didn't file the complaint, there was nothing cognizable.

Responding to the motive behind filing the complaint, Srinivas said that the person must have wanted to exploit the opportunity to get media attention.