The Karnataka authorities on Monday transferred the circumstances associated to alleged intercourse trafficker Santro Ravi alias Okay S Manjunath to the Legal Investigation Division (CID), dwelling minister Araga Jnanendra mentioned.
“The state authorities has directed the CID police to analyze the allegations in opposition to Santro Ravi, who is alleged to be a fraudster,” Jnanendra mentioned on Monday.
On Monday, the Vijayanagar police in Mysuru produced him earlier than a neighborhood court docket, which prolonged his judicial custody for one more ten days, until January 25, in keeping with officers within the know of the matter.
Ravi, alleged to have been concerned in a number of felony circumstances, was arrested in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on January 13 and remanded to judicial custody on Saturday.
He was absconding since a case was filed in opposition to him on January 2. The police had shaped 4 groups to arrest the accused and have been working in several instructions.
A row had erupted over Ravi’s alleged shut relations with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) authorities in Karnataka. The previous chief minister and Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Kumaraswamy slammed the BJP after images of him posing with chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, the house minister, and BJP nationwide common secretary C T Ravi went viral on social media.
Nonetheless, Jnanendra refuted the allegations and mentioned Ravi can be punished in keeping with the legislation.
On Monday, the house minister mentioned, “I’m an individual who’s dedicated to wash politics and won’t need to reside if I’ve to earn cash illegally from miscreants.”
Responding to Kumaraswamy, who questioned the house minister’s go to to Gujarat across the time Ravi was arrested, Jnanendra mentioned, “My go to to Gujarat was scheduled way back. My Gujarat go to and programmes led by a delegation of senior officers of the police division have been clear.”
Kumaraswamy on Saturday alleged that the state police stole proof proving the hyperlinks between BJP leaders and arrested Ravi. “Our dwelling minister Araga Jnanendra is in Gujarat. The arrested Santro Ravi was additionally discovered there. What was our dwelling minister doing in Gujarat is a million-dollar query. There’s a BJP in authorities in Gujarat as effectively. His arrest episode is a drama to hush up all circumstances in opposition to him and his collusion with the ruling BJP,” Kumaraswamy alleged.
The JD (S) chief additionally questioned Ravi’s function within the switch of a number of law enforcement officials after an audio clip wherein he’s heard talking with a deputy superintendent of police (SP) degree officer had gone viral on social media. Within the alleged audio, Ravi demanded cash for switch and warranted the official of anyplace within the state, claiming to have shut hyperlinks with high politicians.
Ravi was absconding after a 26-year-old Dalit lady filed a grievance in opposition to him at Vijayanagarara police station on January 2, charging him with sexual harassment, rape, a menace to life and abuse within the identify of caste. In response to the police, Ravi raped the mechanical engineering graduate, a gold medalist, when she visited his workplace looking for a job. Later, he married her, assaulted her, pressured her to sleep with others, and even pressured her for an abortion, demanding a dowry of ₹10 lakh.
Primarily based on the grievance, Ravi was booked below the Dowry Prohibition Act, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Modification Ordinance 2014 and sections 506 (punishment for felony 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 lady’s consent) and 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).