Bengaluru, Oct. 14 -- Union Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday alleged that Karnataka police are targeting him and his social media team for questioning what he termed an organised conspiracy to defame former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the name of a honeytrap.

In a social media post on Facebook, Kumaraswamy wrote, "I will not be intimidated for questioning a suspected honey-trap conspiracy involving senior Congress leaders. Instead of answering serious questions, the government appears to be targeting the young members of our Janata Dal Secular Social media team.

Shankar, who works with our social media team, was taken away by the police today without any case being registered against him. I have also received rep...