FIR against Kannada daily editor over article on Nikhil
Bengaluru: The city police have registered an FIR against the editor of a Kannada daily for publishing a “fictitious article” involving Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Gowda after he lost to Sumalatha in Mandya .
The editor and his staff have been booked under several sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), including cheating, intimidation and criminal breach of trust by the Srirampura police who are contemplating issuing a notice to the editor and his staff.
According to the police, an article involving Nikhil Gowda appeared in the daily on May 25, after the election results. It said, an inebriated Nikhil had gone to his grandfather, former prime minister H D Devagowda’s house in Padmanabhanagar and created a ruckus there, blaming his grandfather for failing his career in politics. The article went on to state that he abused his grandfather for letting him lose before a woman in their party’s belt in Mandya.
Pradeep Kumar S P, a JD(S) office-bearer, filed a complaint with the Srirampura police alleging the article was fictitious and nothing had happened as published.
The article not only brought disrepute to Nikhil, but also has damaged and defamed the image of his family, including his father and chief minister as well as grandfather and former prime minister, the complaint said.