Now, rape case filed against Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna

Bengaluru: A social worker filed a rape and sexual harassment complaint against former Karnataka minister and BJP legislator Munirathna, representing the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency, in Ramanagara district on Thursday, police said.

The first information report (FIR) said that the 40-year-old woman's sexual harassment toccurred at a private resort undere the Kaggalipura police jurisdiction in 2020.

This is the third criminal complaint against Munirathna in just one week.

The MLA is currently in judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison, following his arrest for allegedly threatening a corporator and using caste-based insults.

According to the complaint, the social worker alleged that Munirathna, along with six others — Vijaya Kumar, Sudhakara, Kiran Kumar, Lohith Gowda, Manjunath, and Loki — recorded objectionable videos to blackmail her over several years.

A case has been registered under multiple penal provisions dealing with rape, criminal intimidation, sexual harassment, voyeurism, criminal conspiracy and extortion.

Earlier this week, two FIRs were filed against Munirathna at Vyalikaval police station, relating to allegations of criminal intimidation, corruption, and casteist abuse.