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Bengaluru: The Yeshwantpur police registered a case against a woman for allegedly threatening a witness in a rape case filed against jailed BJP MLA Munirathna.
A 40-year-old social worker had accused Munirathna of raping her on multiple occasions and filed a complaint with Kaggalipura police last week. Two other cases were also booked against the MLA and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was also formed.
According to the FIR, the 22-year-old complainant has accused Sunandamma, an ex-BBMP corporator of threatening his mother, who is the victim’s friend.
The complainant alleged that Sunandamma was a BJP member and she arrived at his house at the Yeshwanthpur police station limits on September 21, at around 9 am.
The complainant alleged that Sunandamma threatened him that they would burn his house if his mother “gave a statement against Munirathna” in the case.
“She told me to tell my mother to tell the victim to withdraw the complaint,” the FIR noted.
A case has been registered under Sections 232(1) (threatening any person to give false evidence) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Further investigation is on, police said.