A case has been registered relating to an nameless risk letter to BJP MLC C T Ravi, police stated on Saturday.
BJP chief CT Ravi. (PTI)
“An anonymous threat letter has come, a person named Chetan who is his (Ravi) PA, has given a complaint. Action is being taken by law. A case has been registered in this regard at the Basavanahalli police station here,” Chikkamagaluru Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikram Amathe informed reporters.
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To a query on the character of the letter and about it containing a risk to Ravi and his son, he stated, “Police will investigate, it is an anonymous threat letter, it will be investigated as to from where it came and other details.”
In line with police sources, the risk letter that calls for Ravi’s apology is claimed to be in reference to him allegedly utilizing a derogatory phrase in opposition to Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar within the Legislative Council, final month.
The letter threatens to hurt him and in addition his son, if he doesn’t apologise in 15 days, sources stated, including that the letter nevertheless doesn’t instantly identify the Minister.
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Ravi had allegedly used a derogatory phrase in opposition to Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar within the Legislative Council on December 19 throughout an altercation between them, when the Home was adjourned for some time.
He was arrested on the identical day night and brought into the police van from the premises of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi, the place the legislature session was held, based mostly on Hebbalkar’s grievance.
Ravi who has denied the allegations was later launched at HC’s route.
Reacting to a query on the risk letter to Ravi allegedly demanding his apology to Hebbalkar, Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar addressing media in Chikkamagaluru, known as it “false”.
He stated Ravi has develop into a “big drama master”, let him get it investigated.
“I thought he was a big leader and BJP’s office bearer, I never expected him to stoop to this low. He should have answered to his conscience about the word he had used against a woman minister and should have immediately apologised, instead, he kept on adding lie after lie. All these things (letter) are false. Let him get it investigated,” he stated.
In the meantime, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated the police and authorities can discover these behind this letter in an hour, they need to do it instantly and punish the culprits.
Ravi’s case has been handled “vengeance” by this authorities, because the day the alleged incident occurred and he was arrested, he stated.
Ravi, who has alleged police atrocity throughout his arrest, had not too long ago written to the Karnataka Governor requesting extra safety for his life.
The CID is probing right into a case through which Ravi is accused of utilizing a derogatory phrase in opposition to Minister Hebbalkar within the Legislative Council, and in addition a case through which unknown individuals have been accused of allegedly trying to assault Ravi within the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on December 19.