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The Karnataka unit of AIADMK has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asking the state government to refrain D Roop, the cop who exposed VK Sasikala getting special treatment in Bengaluru
jail, from speaking to the media and ensure that Roopa does not give any further TV interviews and press statements on the matter. In a complaint addressed to Karnataka CM, advocate N
Krishnappan representing Va Pugazhendi, Karnataka AIADMK party secretary and spokesperson, also accused the cop of trying to gain publicity through media and sought appropriate departmental
action against her for ‘misconduct’. "In order to fulfill her hidden ambitions, Roopa is indulging in such acts which shall not be allowed to continue. Therefore, it is essential that
appropriate departmental action be initiated against her for her misconducts," read the complaint letter. In her four-page report after visiting the central prison on July 10, DIG Roopa
had said a special kitchen was functioning in the jail here for Sasikala, a convict in a corruption case, in violation of the rules. Roopa also alleged that Rs 2 crore had exchanged hands
to provide special facilities to Sasikala and had dragged Karnataka DGP H N Satyanarayan Rao into the case, claiming there was a "talk" that he was also a beneficiary. Rao claimed
the allegations have caused severe damage to his name, fame, and integrity, apart from causing mental agony to him. He argued that if Roopa could take pictures elsewhere on prison premises,
how could she miss to take a photo of a convict getting VIP treatment such as setting up of a kitchen in her cell to get special food. After Roopa and Rao indulged in a public spat over the
report, the Karnataka government had shifted her as Deputy Inspector General of Police and Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety, Bengaluru, while Rao was asked to go on leave. Sasikala
is lodged at Parappana Agrahara central prison ever since her conviction in February in the disproportionate assets case along with her two relatives V N Sudhakaran and Elavarasi, all
serving a 4-year jail term. The Congress government has also ordered a high level inquiry by a retired IAS officer into Roopa's report. The complaint letter also termed the allegations
made by Roopa against Sasikala as "baseless".