Karnataka: Fresh case against BJP MLA Munirathna for conspiring to murder, outraging woman's modesty

The First Information Report (FIR) has been registered by the Bengaluru police on Saturday against the Munirathna, Sunandamma, Venkatesh, Laxmamma, Jayamma, Latha and others.

He was taken into custody on September 14 this year by Bengaluru police for allegedly threatening a BBMP contractor.

According to Kolar Superintendent of Police (SP) B Nikhil, the MLA was taken into custody by Bengaluru police with the help of Kolar Police while he was travelling to Andhra Pradesh.

A case was registered against Munirathna and six others, including Vijay Kumar, Sudhakara, Kiran Kumar, Lohit Gowda, Manjunath and Loki, under IPC Sections 354A (sexual harassment), 354C (voyeurism), 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 120(b) (Concealing design to commit offence), 149 (Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 384 (extortion), 406 (criminal breach of trust), and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide).

Munirathna was earlier arrested and released on bail on cases of alleged harassment and threatening.

The case was based on a complaint filed by a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) contractor.

The BJP MLA and three others were booked under IPC sections 37 (cooperation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence), 506 (criminal intimidation), 505 (Statements conducing public mischief), 385 (Putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion), 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt).

The contractor alleged the MLA demanded a commission of around Rs 20 lakh in connection with a contract and he offered Rs 1 lakh but Munirathna insisted on the full amount. (ANI)