Karnataka Police have lodged an FIR against jailed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Munirathna, in connection with raping a woman social activist, said officials on Thursday.
MLA Munirathna is presently in Bengaluru Central Prison on charges of issuing life threats and using casteist slurs against a contractor. The Special Court has reserved its order on Munirathna’s bail plea for Thursday. The police sources confirmed that in case the MLA gets bail, he will be arrested again in the rape case immediately after coming out of the Central Prison.