The Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) probing allegations of gangrape in opposition to BJP MLA Munirathna Naidu and his associates on Wednesday filed a closure report earlier than the courtroom, citing inadequate proof to substantiate the fees, in accordance with official sources.
The SIT on Wednesday knowledgeable a particular courtroom that the grievance filed in Might was discovered to be false.
The case pertains to the First Info Report (FIR) registered by RMC Yard police station in Bengaluru on Might 20, 2025, primarily based on the grievance of a 40-year-old lady, who alleged that Munirathna orchestrated her gang rape by his associates at his workplace in June 2023, subjected her to degrading remedy, together with urination on her face, and allegedly injected her with AIDS virus. The lady reported being hospitalised in January 2025 after discovering she had contracted a virus, which she attributed to the alleged assault that occurred two years in the past.
The accused had been booked beneath a number of critical expenses, together with Indian Penal Code Part 376D (gangrape), 270 (malignant acts prone to unfold harmful infections), 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), and several other different sections associated to IPC.
The case was transferred to the SIT that was already probing a number of allegations in opposition to Munirathna after a number of victims got here ahead publicly with their complaints.
Following an investigation, SIT filed a ‘B’ report earlier than the particular courtroom for elected representatives in Bengaluru, indicating that the allegations couldn’t be confirmed as a result of a scarcity of ample proof.
Talking to reporters on Wednesday, Munirathna claimed vindication by means of the closure report. “After Dr C N Manjunath received from Bengaluru Rural within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, instances had been filed in opposition to me,” he acknowledged, suggesting political vengeance behind the allegations.
Story continues beneath this advert
“Making ladies file false complaints should cease. No one is everlasting. Don’t use ladies in your egocentric pursuits. God will defend me,” Munirathna mentioned.
Regardless of this closure report, Munirathna continues to face authorized challenges in different instances. The SIT has already filed two charge-sheets and a supplementary charge-sheet in opposition to him in separate issues, each filed in September final 12 months. One case, registered in Kaggalipura police station, Ramanagara district, includes rape expenses beneath Part 376(2)(n) of IPC and different expenses.
Moreover, the SIT had filed one other charge-sheet regarding allegations that the MLA hurled casteist abuses, demonstrating the big selection of accusations which were levelled in opposition to him.