Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced a police investigation into the viral videos allegedly of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya in a “compromising position”, following uproar on the Day 2 of the monsoon session. The Opposition claimed that more such clips exist, and that it exposes the former MP’s character.
 
Somaiya has written to Fadnavis, who is also the deputy chief minister, stating that he has not victimised any woman as is being alleged. “Some people claim that there are many such clips of mine. I request you to verify the authenticity of the viral video clip. Many have claimed that I exploited many women. I have never done anything like that. I request you to probe all these allegations,” he wrote in the letter.

8 hours of footage

Leader of Opposition (Shiv Sena-UBT) Ambadas Danve, who took up the matter in the Legislative Council, said a woman had given him a pen drive containing eight hours of video footage of Somaiya. Legislative Council’s Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe, to whom he gave the pen drive, said she would ask women police officers to verify the footage.