<p>Bengaluru: A delegation of Congress Vokkaliga ministers and MLAs met CM Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Friday and urged him to form an SIT to investigate the allegations against arrested BJP MLA Munirathna.</p>.<p>Munirathna has been booked under charges of criminal intimidation, extortion, making casteist slurs and accusations of rape and so on.</p>.<p>The delegation comprised Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Higher Education Minister M C Sudhakar, Kunigal MLA H D Ranganath, Madikeri MLA Manthar Gowda, MLC Puttanna and others. Speaking to reporters in Mysuru later, Siddaramaiah said: “They have submitted a memorandum, said three cases have been registered against Munirathna and they urged me to hand it over to an SIT. I have told them that I will discuss this with Home Minister G Parameshwara and decide.”</p>.BJP MLA N Munirathna steps out of jail, arrested in rape case .<p>Meanwhile, former Bangalore Rural MP D K Suresh alleged that Munirathna was trying to infect his enemies with HIV and urged the government to investigate it.</p>.<p>In the FIR lodged against Munirathna on September 18, the third since September 13, a 40-year-old woman had accused the Rajarajeshwarinagar MLA of coaxing her into assisting him in honey-trapping a former corporator’s husband with the help of another woman, who he later said had HIV.</p>.<p>The former MP said Munirathna had made derogatory comments on Vokkaligas and Dalits and urged the seers of both communities to lead the protests. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: A delegation of Congress Vokkaliga ministers and MLAs met CM Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Friday and urged him to form an SIT to investigate the allegations against arrested BJP MLA Munirathna.</p>.<p>Munirathna has been booked under charges of criminal intimidation, extortion, making casteist slurs and accusations of rape and so on.</p>.<p>The delegation comprised Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Higher Education Minister M C Sudhakar, Kunigal MLA H D Ranganath, Madikeri MLA Manthar Gowda, MLC Puttanna and others. Speaking to reporters in Mysuru later, Siddaramaiah said: “They have submitted a memorandum, said three cases have been registered against Munirathna and they urged me to hand it over to an SIT. I have told them that I will discuss this with Home Minister G Parameshwara and decide.”</p>.BJP MLA N Munirathna steps out of jail, arrested in rape case .<p>Meanwhile, former Bangalore Rural MP D K Suresh alleged that Munirathna was trying to infect his enemies with HIV and urged the government to investigate it.</p>.<p>In the FIR lodged against Munirathna on September 18, the third since September 13, a 40-year-old woman had accused the Rajarajeshwarinagar MLA of coaxing her into assisting him in honey-trapping a former corporator’s husband with the help of another woman, who he later said had HIV.</p>.<p>The former MP said Munirathna had made derogatory comments on Vokkaligas and Dalits and urged the seers of both communities to lead the protests. </p>