KS Manjunath aka Santro Ravi, accused of human trafficking, is on the centre of a recent political row in Karnataka as leaders from each the Congress and the ruling BJP allege that he’s linked with bigshots within the state. He was arrested on Friday in Gujarat after a chase of 11 days, and he could be subsequent be questioned in Mysuru within the matter.
Who is that this Santro Ravi?
Ravi was a local of Chamundeswari Nagar in Mandya and his father was reportedly an officer in Karnataka’s excise division.
His crime file dates again to early 2000 when he started stealing automobiles within the Mandya space. In line with Karnataka Police, Ravi began an escort service in mid 2000s. His identify – ‘Santro Ravi’ – has been linked to stories of him kidnapping ladies in his Santro automobile.
In 2018, he reportedly moved to Bengaluru and stayed Rajarajeshwari Nagar space in a rented home. Lately his spouse filed a police criticism towards him and alleged that she was drugged and compelled to marry him in 2019. She additionally complained that he used to supply jobs to many ladies and later push them into prostitution.
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A political row linked to him erupted after pictures of him with key BJP leaders surfaced on the web. Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee(KPCC) working President Dinesh Gundu Rao alleged that Santro Ravi has been a BJP employee and lots of such persons are within the social gathering, Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JDS chief Kumaraswamy additionally made allegations that Santro Ravi performed an important position in toppling JDS-Congress coalition authorities in 2019.
However Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai refuted the allegations by the opposition and ordered an in depth probe towards Santro Ravi final week. On Friday, the Karnataka Police nabbed him in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and introduced him to Mysuru. In line with a report in The Hindu, there are 14 instances towards Santro Ravi in several components of Karnataka, out of which 10 are associated to intercourse trafficking.