Shobha slams arrest of journalist for allegedly propagating provocative fake news

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April 30, 2019

Udupi, Apr 30: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has slammed the Karnataka police for arresting pro-BJP journalist S A Hemanth Kumar for spreading a provocative fake news.

Speaking to newsmen here on Tuesday, after meeting Hemanth Kumar, who is in the police custody, at the CID headquarters, she alleged that the Police are acting at the behest of the Minister for Home M B Patil, and had slapped a false case against him.

Shobha Karandlaje has also written a letter to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. She requested Mr Singh to instruct the Karnataka DG and IGP to stop vindictive steps against BJP workers.

State police chief Neelamani N. Raju had failed to come up with a convincing reply on the arrest of Hemanth Kumar when a BJP delegation met her on Saturday, said Ms Karandlaje adding that this clearly shows the police is acting at the behest of Mr Patil.

She also referred to the fact that the case has been transferred to the CID, where the CID DIG, Hemanth Nimbalkar is likely to investigate the case. His wife Anjali Nimbalkar is a Congress MLA and there is every chance of Mr Nimbalkar acting vindictively to please Congress leaders in this case, Ms Karandlaje argued.

Hemanth Kumar was arrested by the CID of Karnataka police last Saturday for allegedly sharing a fake letter that falsely attributed to Karnataka home minister and Congress leader M B Patil to defame him and his party during Lok Sabha polls.

The letter that has since been ruled as fake, was addressed to senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, which stated that the Congress had hatched a plan to unite the minority communities under faith and divide the Hindus based on caste and sect to help the party win the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The letter referred to capitalising on the “prevailing differences between the Veerashaiva-Lingayat" community to break up Hindu voters.

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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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