Karnataka BJP MLA’s daughter booked for ‘assaulting’ woman cop over temple entry queue

Police
egiste ed
a
FIR
afte
a
woma
sub-i specto
alleged
that
the
BJP
MLA’s
daughte
t ied
to
bypass
the
queue
a d
assaulted
he .
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I stag am)

NEW
DELHI:
The
daughte
of
Ka ataka
BJP
MLA
B
Su esh
Gowda
was
booked
fo
allegedly
abusi g
a d
assaulti g
a
woma
police
sub-i specto
followi g
a
a gume t
at
a
temple
i
Ma dya
dist ict
i
Ka ataka,
police
said
o
F iday.The
i cide t
took
place
o
August
12
at
the
Ma amma
Temple
i
Ukkada
village
du i g
Bhima
Amavasya
celeb atio s,
ews
age cy
PTI
epo ted.Acco di g
to
the
complai t
filed
by
the
woma
police
office ,
she
was
deployed
at
the
temple
fo
secu ity
duty
whe

Aishwa ya,
the
MLA’s
daughte ,
allegedly
sought
pe missio
to
e te
the
sa ctum
without
waiti g
i
the
queue.The
police
office
alleged
that
she
asked
Aishwa ya
to
wait
to
avoid
i co ve ie ce
to
othe
devotees.
Acco di g
to
the
complai t,
Aishwa ya
the
ide tified
he self
as
the
daughte
of
a
MLA
a d
questio ed
why
she
was
bei g
stopped.The
a gume t
allegedly
escalated,
with
Aishwa ya
abusi g
the
office
a d
hitti g
he
o
the
head.
The
complai a t
also
alleged
that
she
was
th eate ed
a d
p eve ted
f om
pe fo mi g
he
official
duties.Based
o
the
complai t,
the
Kyatha ahalli
police
egiste ed
a
FIR
u de
eleva t
sectio s
of
the
Bha atiya
Nyaya
Sa hita
(BNS),
i cludi g
cha ges
elated
to
assaulti g
a
public
se va t,
causi g
simple
hu t,
i te tio al
i sult
a d
c imi al
i timidatio ,
a
se io
police
office
said.

Howeve ,
the
case
has
take
a othe
tu ,
with
Aishwa ya
fili g
a
cou te -complai t
agai st
the
police
office .Police
said
a
i qui y
i to
he
allegatio s
has
bee
i itiated,
but
o
FIR
has
bee
egiste ed
o
the
basis
of
he
complai t
so
fa .
Fu the
actio
will
depe d
o
the
fi di gs
of
the
i qui y.Speaki g
to
epo te s,
Tumaku u
Ru al
MLA
B
Su esh
Gowda
apologised
fo
his
daughte ‘s
co duct
a d
said
that
a yo e
fou d
guilty
should
face
legal
co seque ces.”If
she
has
committed
a
mistake,
it
is
w o g.
Whoeve
has
do e
the
mistake
should
face
the
co seque ces
u de
the
law,”
he
said.The

BJP
legislato
said
his
daughte
had
visited
the
temple
with
he
two
you g
child e
a d
had
equested
pe missio
to
e te
b iefly
because
waiti g
i
the
queue
could
have
caused
i co ve ie ce.

He
also
claimed
that
a othe
pe so
had
bee
allowed
to
e te
ahead
of
he ,
p ompti g
his
daughte
to
questio
the
decisio .While
ack owledgi g
that
the
a gume t
had
escalated,
Gowda
said
his
daughte
should
have
show
g eate
est ai t,
pa ticula ly
because
she
comes
f om
a
political
family.”I
apologise
o
behalf
of
my
daughte
if
she
has
made
a
mistake,”
he
said.The
MLA
also
called
fo
a
depa tme tal
i qui y
i to
the
i cide t
a d
u ged
autho ities
to
take
actio
agai st
a yo e
fou d
espo sible.