Karnataka BJP MLC C T Ravi on Monday urged Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to take essential authorized motion in opposition to the police personnel concerned in his alleged ‘unlawful arrest’ and for ill-treating him whereas he was in police custody in reference to a sexual harassment case registered in opposition to him for utilizing a derogatory phrase in opposition to Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.
BJP chief CT Ravi. (PTI)
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He additionally requested the Governor to rearrange for instant further safety.
Chatting with reporters right here, Ravi stated the incident occurred contained in the council and the consent of the Council Chairperson, Basavaraj Horatti, ought to have been sought since all of the powers contained in the Council vests with him. The error dedicated by the police was that the case was registered with out in search of the Chairperson’s consent.
He additionally stated that he was arrested with none proof.
“Now they (police) are saying that they will send it (video evidence) to the Forensic Science Laboratory and need the Chairperson’s permission, but my question is whose permission was taken before arresting me. They (police) arrested me with malafide intentions by succumbing to pressure from the ministers,” he added.
Recalling the December 19 episode in his letter to the Governor, the BJP chief accused high law enforcement officials of Belagavi and their subordinates of registering a case in opposition to him and ill-treating him below stress from the ministers.
Ravi additionally accused them of constructing him journey 400 kms all through the night time of December 19 and injuring him to bleed in custody.
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“The police never cared about my bleeding (head), vomiting in the police jeep, did not provide first aid and medical treatment for long hours. They made me starve without food and water for long hours, illtreated me like an animal, terribly tortured, harassed mentally and physically,” he alleged within the letter.
Alleging that the police tried all potential makes an attempt to ‘remove’ him, Ravi requested the Governor to hunt a clarification from the Director Normal of Police on all the episode.