CM Kumaraswamy stood in the defence of tourism minister Sa.Ra Mahesh asserting that the police officer 'disrespected the minister' leading to such incidents. He also said that 'disrespecting the state tourism minister is equal to disrespecting the CM'.
The charge sheet says former IPS Sanjiv Bhatt had instructed the policemen to buy 1kg of opium and plant it against Rajasthan based lawyer Sumersingh Rajpurohit in Palanpur.