Bengaluru Court Grants Interim Stay on Defamatory Video Involving Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

A Bengaluru court on Tuesday granted an interim stay on the telecast and circulation of an alleged defamatory video involving former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge B. Pushpanjali issued an ex-parte interim order restraining the parties concerned from publishing, uploading, broadcasting and sharing the video on the internet media. Siddaramaiah alleged that a disinformation campaign was being run against him on the internet media. He denied any connection with the video and demanded a fair investigation. He also filed a complaint with the city police commissioner in this regard. His son and Karnataka minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah termed the video as fake and demanded action against those who circulated the video. Shivakumar is ready to give documents for investigation on the sting operation allegations. Shivakumar, the Chief Minister of the state, has said that he is ready to provide documents of any sting operation targeting Karnataka ministers. Shivakumar, the state president of the JD (S) has demanded a CBI probe into the matter.