Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy booked for allegedly threatening police officer probing mining case

The Karnataka Police on Monday booked Union minister HD Kumaraswamy for allegedly threatening a police officer investigating a mining case in which the Janata Dal (Secular) leader has been implicated, PTI reported.

A case was filed on Monday after Inspector General of Police M Chandra Sekhar alleged that Kumaraswamy threatened a government official and obstructed him from discharging his duties.

The complainant said he was heading the Special Investigation Team probing the mining case, in which Kumaraswamy is alleged to have illegally approved a 550-acre mining lease to Sri Sai Venkateswara Minerals in Karnataka’s Bellary district when he was the chief minister between 2006 and 2008.