A day after Janata Dal (Secular) or JD (S) chief HD Kumaraswamy accused the BJP authorities of getting hyperlinks with ‘Santro Ravi’, an accused in a number of prostitution instances and allegedly has a job in authorities transfers, chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday has denied any affiliation with him.
“Kumaraswamy has spoken about him and made allegations. I don’t know who Santro Ravi is. Let him present info,” Bommai mentioned, responding to the allegations.
The JD(S) chief on Wednesday questioned Bommai over the switch of its officers on the occasion of Santro Ravi. Kumaraswamy made the allegations after native tv channels aired an audio recording of a purported dialog between a police officer and Ravi relating to the switch. Within the recording, Ravi claimed to be a detailed affiliate of the chief minister and different officers.
Chatting with the media in Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy mentioned, “Who’s Santro Ravi? Mysuru police not too long ago registered an FIR towards him. What’s the connection between him and ministers within the BJP authorities? Let it’s revealed. Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, who all the time claims to have guts, ought to communicate up now. We demand an in depth probe into the matter.”
The previous chief minister alleged that there must also be a probe into these concerned in taking the JD(S) and Congress MLAs to Mumbai in 2019 and forcing the collapse of the JD(S)-Congress coalition authorities. Kumaraswamy alleged that many unlawful strategies had been used to deliver down the coalition authorities with the “assist of these with doubtful backgrounds”.
Kumaraswamy additionally alleged that Ravi was working from the Kumarakrupa Visitor Home in Bengaluru and issued orders to senior cops. He alleged that Ravi had been photographed with many state ministers as nicely. “Who gave him the room? The federal government ought to reveal who offered him entry. The federal government should present all particulars about his connections with the ministers to the folks of the state…He’s heard telling cops to come back to see him in order that their transfers may be facilitated. He tells the officers and the CM to handle him as Sir,” he mentioned.
Santro Ravi alias KS Manjunath (48) is an accused in a number of prostitution instances within the Mysuru area, in line with officers. On January 2, the Mysuru metropolis police booked Ravi for alleged dowry harassment and atrocities towards his spouse primarily based on a criticism by NGO Odanadi.
In keeping with the criticism, the sufferer, an engineering graduate, claimed that she had gone to Ravi’s residence looking for a job primarily based on an commercial in a newspaper in March 2019. The sufferer alleged that Ravi supplied her a job, and when she reported for obligation, he gave her juice laced with medicine. She alleged within the criticism that he raped her when she was unconscious, took her images and blackmailed her when she threatened to file a criticism. Later, Manjunath married her forcefully and continued to harass and assault her even after marriage, the sufferer advised the police.
Ravi has been booked below the Dowry Prohibition Act, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Modification Ordinance 2014 and IPC sections 506 (Punishment for legal intimidation), 498A (husband subjecting spouse to cruelty), 504 ( Intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace), 376 (Punishment for rape), 270 (Malignant act more likely to unfold an infection of illness hazardous to life), 313 (Inflicting miscarriage with out girl’s consent) and 323 (voluntarily inflicting damage).
In the meantime, amid Kumaraswamy’s allegations, Karnataka residence minister Araga Jnanendra on Thursday mentioned if there are any complaints towards Santro Ravi, authorized motion shall be taken with none hesitation.
“A whole lot of individuals meet me day-after-day, and there won’t be any info relating to their background…If he’s concerned in any legal actions, the police will take acceptable motion,” the house minister mentioned.