Janata Dal (Secular) chief and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday alleged that the state police stole proof proving the hyperlinks between Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) leaders and arrested human trafficker KS Manjunath alias Santro Ravi.
Chatting with reporters, Kumaraswamy stated Santro Ravi was arrested three days in the past in Gujarat, and the police had taken away all proof he possessed after which introduced him to Karnataka.
“Ravi had performed a direct function within the transfers of law enforcement officials. Which officer will take up the investigation in opposition to him? He had been arrested in reference to a rape case filed in opposition to him by a girl. However, how will they proceed with the investigation of different circumstances?” Kumaraswamy questioned.
“Our residence minister Araga Jnanendra is in Gujarat. The arrested Santro Ravi was additionally discovered there. What was our residence 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.
Karnataka police on Friday arrested KS Manjunath alias Santro Ravi, an alleged human trafficker. Audio clips of a voice that purportedly belonged to ‘Santro Ravi, heard discussing offers for beneficial transfers for law enforcement officials have additionally surfaced. Footage and movies of Santro Ravi with outstanding Karnataka ministers have additionally surfaced, resulting in the state authorities ordering a probe in opposition to him.
Responding to the allegations, residence minister Araga Jnanedra stated, “The police have been given a free hand, and there was no strain on them to delay the arrest. The case will proceed as per regulation.”
On Saturday, Santro Ravi was delivered to Mysuru. After finishing procedures and preliminary inquiry, he was produced earlier than the court docket, police stated on Saturday.
“As you might be conscious, we secured him yesterday. We introduced him final night time and reached right here early this morning… We’ve obtained him examined medically, now procedures and fundamental inquiry are on,” Mysuru police commissioner Ramesh Bhanot stated.
Chatting with reporters right here, he stated after subjecting him to inquiry as soon as, contemplating the time, he can be produced earlier than the decide. “Leaving the travelling time, we must produce him inside 24 hours earlier than the decide. After finishing the formalities, we are going to produce,” he added.
In line with police, Santro has 14 felony circumstances in opposition to him in Bengaluru and Mysuru, together with kidnap and rape circumstances of a minor.
Nonetheless, police stated it arrested Santro Ravi in reference to a case filed by his spouse in Mysuru, alleging she was drugged, raped and compelled into marriage in 2019.
In line with her grievance, she had responded to a job emptiness commercial in a neighborhood newspaper and was allegedly summoned by Manjunath for an interview. Throughout that assembly, he allegedly drugged her, raped her and later pressured her to marry him, she stated within the grievance.
When she tried to separate from him, he allegedly framed her in a pretend dacoity case at Cottonpet Police Station in Bengaluru in November 2022 and obtained her arrested, she stated within the grievance. Following an inside inquiry, inspector Praveen KV, who was in command of Cottonpet Police Station, was suspended.
Extra director common of police (regulation and order) Alok Kumar, addressing a press convention in Mysuru on Friday, stated that groups have been despatched to neighbouring states, together with Telangana and Kerala.
“Ravi has been arrested close to Ahmedabad, and now we have already secured a transit warrant. He can be delivered to Karnataka quickly,” he had instructed the media. He added that Ravi had been altering his areas and cell phones, which made it tough for the police to trace him.