Court orders registration of case against Minister Sudhakar

Bengaluru: A Special Court here has ordered for the registration of a criminal case against Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on finding prima facie evidence that he had defamed an activist.

The private complaint was filed by R Anjaneya Reddy from Chikkaballapura taluk. It came up before Judge Preeth J. The complainant, Reddy claimed to be a social worker who fought for irrigation schemes.

When Sudhakar was appointed as the chairperson of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on June 20, 2019, Reddy had challenged this in the High Court of Karnataka.

The allegation is that Sudhakar on June 27 at a public function in Maralukunte village uttered defamatory statements against Reddy