more-inChief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday clarified that he had not instructed then Director-General of Police (Prisons) H.N. Sathyanarayana Rao to provide a cot, mattress and pillow to V.K. Rao has levelled baseless charges against me,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said. However, he did not comment on the question as to whether the Chief Minister was authorised to issue such instructions. When The Hindu spoke to Mr. Rao, he declined to comment: “I do not want to comment on this.

Source: The Hindu March 07, 2018 20:37 UTC