Gowda had been absconding for a number of days and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had questioned the police over it, asking officers to make sure his arrest as quickly as doable.
The Karnataka Police has arrested suspended Congress chief Rajeev Gowda for allegedly utilizing abusive phrases and threatening Shidlaghatta Municipal Commissioner Amrutha Gowda, mentioned officers on Monday. Gowda had been absconding for a number of days and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had questioned the police over it, asking officers to make sure his arrest as quickly as doable.
Later, Karnataka House Minister Dr G Parameshwara had directed the police to instantly arrest Gowda. “I directed the police to arrest him on the very first day. Nevertheless, the accused absconded earlier than he could possibly be taken into custody. There isn’t a political strain or compromise. The police have been instructed to behave decisively,” he had mentioned.
Gowda, in the meantime, was suspended from Congress final week. He was fielded by the grand outdated social gathering through the 2023 Karnataka Meeting elections from Shidlaghatta constituency within the Chikkaballapura district. Nevertheless, he had misplaced the elections.
The motion got here social gathering chief S Manohar wrote a letter to Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and mentioned Gowda have to be instantly suspended for abusing and threatening a girl official. In his letter, Manohar had known as Gowda’s motion “extremely condemnable, offensive and abusive”.
“Derogatory and obscene language towards officers performing their duties inside the constitutional framework can’t be justified below any circumstances,” he had mentioned.
Later, the police registered a primary info report (FIR) based mostly on a grievance filed by Amrutha, which finally pressured Congress to droop Gowda.
In the meantime, the incident additionally gave the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) to assault the Congress authorities and it alleged that the social gathering is making an attempt to guard Gowda. “Meals and Civil Provides Minister Ok H Muniyappa is hailing him (Rajeev Gowda) by calling him man. The Minister discovered fault with the municipal commissioner saying that she didn’t inform the Deputy Commissioner of the Chikkaballapura district. Congress leaders needs to be ashamed,” R Ashoka, BJP chief and Chief of the Opposition within the Karnataka Meeting, mentioned.
