Karnataka Police worse under Congress rule, says Ma'adani

August 26, 2013

Bangalore, Aug 26: People's Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Abdul Nasir Ma'adani, lodged in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bangalore in connection with the Bangalore bomb blasts case, has alleged that the treatment meted out to him by the Karnataka Police under the Congress government is worse than that during the BJP rule in the State.

In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Ma'adani accused the Karnataka Police of having foisted yet another case on him without any justification and without giving him the opportunity to be heard even as he was facing trial in a case that had been 'cooked up' by the BJP government three years ago.

The police had charged the case accusing him of having obstructed discharge of duties by police personnel on June 6.

He was to have gone to a private hospital for breathlessness due to asthma, but could not do so as the police officer who arrived at the prison to escort him to the hospital would not allow two of his caregivers to accompany him.

The officer also rejected the jail superintendent's letter permitting the assistants to accompany him, forcing him to abandon his visit to the hospital. He could go to the hospital only on June 8 after he submitted a written complaint to the Parappana Agrahara Sessions Court.

Again, when he moved the Karnataka High Court on June 12 seeking bail for further treatment, the police and the prosecution opposed his plea citing cases charged by the Kerala police way back in 1991-'92, but found baseless by courts, contending that he was a “habitual offender.”

The Parappana Agrahara police registered the new case against him only on July 23, one-and-a-half month after he allegedly “obstructed discharge duties by the police personnel.”

The police did not care to take his evidence and he came to know about it only when told by the magistrate who tried him on August 20 through videoconference. “Whoever rules, here things are decided by a few communal police officers,” the PDP leader said.

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SIT raids rape accused BJP MLA Munirathna’s residence, 15 other locations

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September 28,2024

Bengaluru, Sep 28: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing charges against arrested Karnataka BJP MLA N. Munirathna Naidu, including allegations of rape, honey-trapping, and other offences, on Saturday conducted raids at his residence and 15 other locations across the city.

Sources confirmed that the raids were taking place at his Vyalikaval residence and other properties owned by the BJP MLA. The operation is being conducted by the SIT under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led by ACP Kavitha.

The team is examining documents, electronic devices, and other materials related to the rape and honey-trapping case. The SIT is being supported by experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), with Superintendent of Police (SP) Sowmya Latha also participating in the search and inspection at Munirathna’s Vyalikaval residence.

According to sources, the raids were triggered by information provided by the victim, who alleged that Munirathna recorded footage of sexual assaults and used it to blackmail politicians and public servants, including IAS and IPS officers.

The victim reportedly revealed that she was used to entrap the woman who had lodged a rape case against a senior IFS officer. She was allegedly instructed to frame the rape victim in a drug peddling case.

The complainant told police that she was tasked with capturing compromising videos of the rape victim who had filed the case against the IFS officer. She claimed that, after several failed attempts to obtain the videos, the victim was drugged with sleeping pills, and obscene footage was recorded without her consent. Later, the IFS officer was bailed out from the charges.

Furthermore, the complainant has accused MLA Munirathna of raping her at his office within the state legislature, in his official vehicle, and at his godown. She has alleged that he recorded videos of these assaults.

Police sources also revealed that the victim in the MLA's case provided details of a plot involving sending HIV-infected women to Munirathna's targets in an attempt to ruin them politically and personally. She also disclosed the names of several politicians whom she had entrapped through honey-trapping.

The woman further claimed that Munirathna had threatened to have her son kidnapped and killed if she refused to comply with his demands. According to her, the MLA had a well-organised team dedicated to carrying out these honey-trapping operations, and she provided details about his close associates and relatives involved in the scheme.

Munirathna, who was in judicial custody following his arrest in the rape and honey-trap case, has now been taken into the custody of the SIT.

The MLA was transferred from Bengaluru Central Jail to the CID office on the night of September 24. The BJP legislator, however, has denied all the allegations, claiming they are false.

Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Suresh had alleged that Munirathna was trying to infect his adversaries with HIV and that the government should investigate the matter.

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