A committee has been formed to probe into the veracity of reports of Congress leader Prakash Rathod allegedly caught watching obscene video in the Karnataka Assembly.
Chairman of the Legislative Council K. Prathapchandra Shetty made the announcement on Monday, after the House convened. The panel will have Tejaswini Gowda, B.K. Hariprasad and Marthibbe Gowda as members.
Earlier, multiple media reports stated that Prakash Rathod, a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) belonging to the Congress party, was caught watching video clips and images said to be pornographic in nature on his phone during the Question Hour on Friday (January 29).
The act was caught by a cameraman belonging to a regional media channel. In the video, the MLC can be seen surfing through the visuals some of which were pornographic in nature. However, the Congress leader denied the allegations.
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