Take action against officer who lied in court about caste, says Ramesh Jarkiholi

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BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi has said that an serviceman successful the Hukkeri Tahsildar bureau has filed a mendacious affidavit earlier the High Court of Karnataka saying that the Bedar Valmiki assemblage that helium belongs to is not categorised nether Scheduled Tribes.

“The assemblage has been getting Scheduled Tribes benefits for implicit 5 decades now. How tin immoderate serviceman contradict this? I deliberation the serviceman has acted nether governmental pressure. I volition petition the State authorities to bid an enquiry against the serviceman and punish him,” helium said. He, however, did not sanction the officer.

Ramesh Jarkiholi suspected that Ramesh Katti, who attracted a complaint of insulting the Bedar Valmiki assemblage during the caller DCC Bank elections, forced the serviceman to taxable specified a papers to tribunal to get anticipatory bail.

“Ramesh Katti indispensable person got this done, to flight apprehension nether the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. However, officers should not succumb to specified governmental pressure,” helium said.

He said that the assemblage leaders volition clasp consultations with seers and determine if they person to instrumentality up agitations connected the thoroughfare oregon to attack the courts. “I volition besides rise this contented during the Winter Session,” helium added.

“It is unfortunate that specified things are happening contempt the Chief Minister being from the backward classes, Home Minister from the Scheduled Castes communities and the territory in-charge Minister from the Scheduled Tribes communities,” helium said.

Published - November 24, 2025 08:37 p.m. IST

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