Woman Files Complaint against BJP MLA for Rape

The woman who was allegedly raped by Karnataka BJP MLA Halappa has lodged a police complaint against him, said media reports.

“At that moment, he attacked me. I then screamed, he then hit me. By that time my husband came,” the woman was quoted as saying while coming out of the Karnataka DGP’s office.

The woman said in her written complaint that she was raped on November 26, 2009 at her house in Shimoga by Halappa who had stayed over after dinner that night, reports said.

She complained that the BJP MLA had sent her husband away on the pretext of fetching medicines for him, said reports.

In the complaint, the victim also said that her husband had caught Halappa apologizing on his mobile camera after he was caught semi-nude, reports said.

“Since they have not given any complaint to the juridictional police, I have forwarded the complaint that they have given to me to the Shimoga police for further investigation,” Ajai Kumar Singh, DGP, Karnataka, was quoted as saying.

The victim’s husband said: “Yes, I only took the footage. It has four clips; Halappa is there in two clips.”

Some papers, however, quoted husband’s estranged wife as saying that he was not trustworthy, reports said.

The rape charges have raised many questions such as why did the victim or her family wait for almost six months to lodge a complaint, had her husband returned home that night, with the camera on, prepared to film the act?

(Based on internet reports)