Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Wednesday ordered an investigation against Chief Minister Yediyurappa in the ‘Operation Lotus’ case that was allegedly hatched to destabilize the JD(s)-Congress coalition government in the state last year.

An FIR was lodged against Yediyurappa alleging that he had lured JD(s) legislators to join his camp to destabilize the state government led by former CM HD Kumaraswamy.

Yediyurappa had filed a petition in the High Court for quashing the FIR. A bench headed by Justice John Michael D’Cunha dismissed the application and gave a go-ahead to the FIR to proceed with the probe.

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Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.

The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.

According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.

Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.

Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.

After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.