'Raped me in Vidhana Soudha, his car': Woman in complaint against Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The woman who has filed a case against BJP MLA N Munirathna Naidu in Karnataka in her complaint to the police has mentioned that she was allegedly raped in state assembly, Vidhan Souda and inside his car provided by the government, police sources told news agency PTI.
Munirathna, MLA from Karnataka’s RR Nagar constituency, who was in judicial custody following his arrest in connection with a rape and honey-trap case, has now been taken into the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
The BJP legislator, however, has denied all the allegations, claiming they are false.
As the allegations surfaced that Munirathna raped the woman inside his office at Vikasa Soudha, Congress leaders performed a purification ritual at the gates of Vikasa Soudha in the premises of the assembly.
The programme was led by Congress leader Manohar who was later detained by the police.
“The victim has been brought to Vikasa Soudha for conducting inspection of the crime spot, and now we are being arrested for performing a purification ritual. However, the BJP is being allowed to protest, but we are being denied permission to cleanse Vikasa Soudha,” Manohar said.
Earlier, the Karnataka government ordered a probe by SIT against Munirathna.
He was first taken into custody for allegedly threatening a contractor and violating the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Subsequently, a woman social activist filed a rape complaint against Munirathna at the Kaggalipura Police Station in Ramanagara district on Thursday, leading to the registration of an FIR.
According to the complaint, the victim was taken to a godown owned by Munirathna in Mutyalanagara, where she was allegedly raped. The complainant further stated that the act was recorded, and Munirathna threatened her, saying, “if the matter came out, she would be dealt with severely”.
The woman also alleged that she was coerced into setting up honey traps at various private resorts. In her complaint, she claimed, “The BJP MLA forced me to carry out honey traps. He had threatened me with life to get this job done.”
The woman also accused Naidu’s six associates, including his gunman, of assisting him in blackmailing and threatening her with obscene videos that Naidu himself recorded. She further claimed that Naidu used her to honey-trap another man, the husband of a former corporator.