Udupi MLA caught in sex row

Bhat is learnt to have said that the CD was circulated just with an intention to tarnish his image and that he was not the person in the CD. A It has been learnt that the CD which reached several TV channels and media houses has explicit sex scenes which seem to be an act of mutual consent. Bangalore (Agencies): Sitting BJP MLA of Udupi Raghupathi Bhat has opted out of the poll arena, in the wake of the circulation of a CD which showed him in a sex act with an unidentified woman. It has been reliably learnt that Bhat who felt greatly humiliated over the circulation of the sex CD, has informed some TV channels which contacted him to know his response, that he would not be contesting elections this time. Bhat is learnt to have said that the CD was circulated just with an intention to tarnish his image and that he was not the person in the CD. It has been learnt that the CD which reached several TV channels and media houses has explicit sex scenes which seem to be an act of mutual consent. " I am hurt, humiliated, surprised as well as shocked," Bhat has reacted to the CD which, he says he saw just last night. He said this was nothing but character assassination and strongly suspects the hands of his political adversaries.He has also demanded a high level probe into the case and promised he will return to politics only after he comes out clear once the investigation is over. There have been reports earlier that some RSS leaders were strongly against Bhat's candidature as they suspected that Bhat's candidature would certainly give a tool in the hands of the opposition parties to rake up the allegation of Bhat's involvement in his wife, Padmapriya's suspicious death case. Meanwhile, the circulation of the CD at a time when assembly elections are just round the corner, has also given room for much suspicion. There are reports that the BJP was planning to field either the son of late Dr VS Acharya or his wife from Udupi.