Rape case against Karnataka minister: Fresh twists emerge
May 4, 2010, Bangalore
The woman allegedly raped by Karnataka BJP MLA Halappa, has filed a complaint
against the MLA with the police.
"At that moment, he attacked me. I then screamed, he then hit me. By that time
my husband came," said the woman while coming out of the Karnataka DGP's office.
In her written complaint, the woman said that Halappa had raped her on November
26,2009, at her house in Shimoga, when he had stayed over after dinner that
night. The politician had sent her husband away on the pretext of fetching
medicines for him.
The victim has also stated that her husband had caught the minister apologising
on his mobile camera, after being caught semi-nude.
"Since they have not given any complaint to the juridictional police, I have
forwarded the complaint that they have given to me to the Shimoga police for
further investigation," said Ajai Kumar Singh, DGP, Karnataka.
But the rape charge raises some tricky questions: Why did she or her family wait
for almost six months to lodge a complaint? And had her husband returned home
that night, with the camera on, prepared to film the act?
"Yes, I only took the footage. It has four clips; Halappa is there in two
clips," said the alleged victim's husband.
Meanwhile, some papers quoted the husband's estranged wife as saying he cannot
be trusted.
The Chief Minister acted swifly to order a CID probe into the rape charge. But
with the crucial gram panchayat elections around the corner, it is one cloud
Yeddyurappa would like to pass over quickly.
Courtesy: http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/rape-case-against-karnataka-minister-fresh-twists-emerge-23087.php