Duniya Vijay booked on charge of assaulting daughter

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October 24, 2018

Bengaluru, Oct 24: Controversial Kannada film actor ‘Duniya’ Vijay is in trouble again, this time for allegedly assaulting his 18-year-old daughter at his house in Hosakerehalli on Monday. In her complaint to the police, the victim Monica, who lives with her mother at Kempegowda Layout, accused her father, step-mother and three of her father's associates of assaulting, abusing and threatening her.

Monica, who is Vijay’s daughter with his first wife Nagaratna, had stopped living with her father after he allegedly asked her to falsely testify on his behalf in a case.

In her complaint, Monica said that her father Vijay and his friends Kirti Gowda, Hemant, Vinod and Vijay’s driver Mohammed, verbally abused her when she walked into the house. “He (Vijay) used derogatory and anti-women words. Monica has said that Vijay kicked her multiple times after abusing her verbally. She also says that Vijay and his friends beat her up with several items which were present around them,” said Sub-Inspector Kotresh, the investigating officer in the case.

Monica said that Vijay pushed her against the wall and banged her head to the wall multiple times. “She also stated that he punched her multiple times. She has a broken arm and pain in her face and head. We have not yet taken Vijay’s statement and the case is under investigation still,” Kotresh said.

Monica was admitted to Meenakshi Hospital, where she underwent treatment on Monday night. An FIR has been registered against Duniya Vijay and his friends under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 324 (assault with deadly weapon), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.

Speaking to the media, Duniya Vijay said that his daughter was making false allegations against him. Vijay alleged that Monica wanted to break into his house.

“She was taking a stone and trying to break the lock of the house. No one assaulted her or hit her. Which doctor said that she was injured, tell me, I will file a case against that doctor. All this is being done just to create a scene and add more drama. All the information is with the Girinagar Police. I was at home when she arrived and I have not spoken with her at all. I don’t know why she is doing all this. Nagaratna (Vijay’s first wife) and she (Monica) are conspiring against me,” Duniya Vijay added.

Monica’s mother, Nagaratna vehemently opposed Vijay’s words and said that Monica’s hands and legs were held and then she was beaten up. “She heard that her father (Vijay) was not in town and that’s why she wanted to get her things when he was not around. She did not want to live with him because he had been asking her to falsely testify on his behalf in some case against him. When she went there, they abused her. Some of them held her down and she was beaten,” Nagaratna said.

Duniya Vijay was in the news in September, after he was arrested by the police in Bengaluru for allegedly assaulting gym trainer, Pani Puri Kitty, aka Krishna Murthy. The High Grounds Police had booked the actor under IPC sections 365 (kidnapping), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 325 (punishment for causing grievous hurt) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).

The actor was remanded to judicial custody and obtained bail on October 1. The 70th Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court granted set the bail amount at Rs 1 lakh. Vijay and his aides were also ordered to appear before the investigating officer regularly and cooperate with the investigation.

Vijay was also booked for criminal negligence after two actors died on the set of Maasti Gudi while shooting in November 2016. Vijay was out on bail after being arrested in relation to the Maasti Gudi case when he was arrested for assaulting Pani Puri Kitty.

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‘Have letter, next step is...’: MUDA on Siddaramaiah’s wife’s offer to return plots

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October 1,2024

Mysuru: The Mysuru land authority at the centre of a financial and political storm - involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and alleged losses of ₹ 45 crore to the state - has received an offer of restitution from his wife, the urban development body's Commissioner, AN Raghunandan said.

"I am in possession of a letter written by Siddaramaiah's wife regarding her intention to return 14 plots (of land). The Chief Minister's son, Yatindra Siddaramaiah, came to our office and delivered the letter. We will take legal advice for the next step..." he told reporters in Mysuru.

Mr Raghunandan also confirmed anti-corruption officials from the city's Lokayukta branch had written seeking cooperation in its inquiry into the charges against the Chief Minister.

He said the Mysuru Urban Development Authority, or MUDA, "will cooperate with the investigation".

The Enforcement Directorate, however, have not reached out as yet, Mr Raghunandan said. The ED, a federal agency, has filed a money laundering case against Siddaramaiah.

There have also been calls for the CBI, another federal agency, to investigate charges against the Chief Minister, but that appears unlikely now given the Karnataka government has withdrawn general consent for its operations in the state. Law Minister HK Patil made the announcement last week.

He ruled out any link with demands for the Chief Minister to be investigated by the CBI, which reports to the BJP-led central government and the ruling Congress and other opposition parties have claimed is being used by that party to target rival leaders, particularly before elections.

On Monday - three days after the Lokayukta filed a case against the Chief Minister, and hours after the ED launched its probe- Siddaramaiah's wife said she had planned to give up the land earlier but was advised against it the allegations against her husband are "politically motivated".

But now, she said, she had made up her mind as "no house, plot, or wealth is more important than my husband's honor, dignity, and peace of mind". She also said the decision was hers alone; "... I am not aware of my husband's opinion on this matter, nor do I concern myself with what my son thinks".

And, in a comment seen as a calculated swipe at the opposition BJP, which is leading calls for the Chief Minister's resignation, his wife also made an emotional appeal to "all political parties and the media" to "please not drag women of political families into the controversy to settle political scores".

Investigative action against the Chief Minister follows the Karnataka High Court quashing a challenge to Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot's order sanctioning Siddaramaiah's prosecution.

Subsequently a trial court ordered framing of charges and directed the Lokayukta to complete the investigation within three months. The ED case was filed based on the Lokayukta FIR.

Siddaramaiah faces an inquiry into claims Parvathi was allotted 14 plots of land in an upmarket Mysuru area as compensation for land elsewhere - holding a far lower value - taken for infrastructure projects.

The Chief Minister has denied all charges and refused calls to resign.

He has been backed by the Congress and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, who is also the state unit boss, and also by members of his cabinet, including IT Minister Priyank Kharge. However, some within the Congress also want him to quit, such as former Assembly Speaker KB Koliwad.

"I will fight. I am not afraid of anything. We are ready to face the investigation. I will fight this legally," he said last week after the High Court had quashed his challenge to the Governor's sanction.

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