NEW DELHI: Former minister and BJP MLC CT Ravi staged a dramatic sit-in protest on the road on Friday at around 3am following his arrest on Thursday night.
CT Ravi alleged that the police brought him to the Khanapura police station without giving any explanation.
Ravi claimed that if something happens to him, the Congress government should be held responsible.
“By registering a false case, they’re conspiring to murder me. If something happens to me police, DK Shivakumar, Lakshmi Hebbalkar and their team will be responsible,” Ravi added.
Ravi was arrested on charges of allegedly making derogatory remarks against women and child development minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, in perhaps first such arrest in recent years marking a low in the legislative history of Karnataka.
Ravi was taken into police custody after Hebbalkar filed her complaint and an FIR was registered.
“Police brought me to Khanapura police station around 8 pm. They didn’t tell me in which case they brought me. They’re not registering my complaint, they’re not even filing zero FIR. If something happens to me, Congress Govt must take responsibility. By registering a false case, they’re conspiring to murder me. I have already filed a complaint. It’s been 3 hours since I was brought to the police station, and I haven’t been told why I have been brought to the police station. If something happens to me police, DK Shivakumar, Lakshmi Hebbalkar and their team will be responsible. They’re treating me like a criminal and it’s creating doubt in me. I have worked as a minister and I’m a people representative. They’re acting the way they acted at the time of emergency,” said BJP leader CT Ravi.
