Munirathna, R.R. Nagar MLA, in his complaint to the Nandini Layout Police against those who threw eggs at him on Wednesday, claimed the eggs were laced with acid.
Terming the attack as politically motivated, Mr. Munirathna recalled two instances where two people approached him posing as advocates and threatened him with dire consequences asking him to resign. The duo, according to the complaint, had threatened to foist a case under the POCSO Act, 2012 and defame him, if he did not resign as MLA and allow D.K. Suresh or Kusuma to win the bypolls.
Mr. Munirathna, in his complaint, said that he had complained to the Governor and the State intelligence chief seeking security cover and also raised the issue with the President and the Prime Minister.
He claimed that he stopped attending public programmes owing to the threat. On Wednesday he attended a birth anniversary programme of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lakshmi Devi Nagar and was returning home when he was attacked with eggs laced with acid. He claimed he sustained burns on his head.
Based on the complaint, the police have registered an FIR charging the unknown people for causing hurt and unlawful assembly for further investigation.
Published – December 26, 2024 10:31 pm IST