Karnataka high court grants bail to BJP leader CT Ravi in ‘derogatory’ remarks case

Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MLC CT Ravi, who was arrested for allegedly using a derogatory word against state minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, has been granted bail by the High Court.

CT Ravi was detained on Thursday evening on charges of making derogatory remarks against women and child development minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.
Authorities registered a case against the BJP leader under sections 75 and 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, following the Minister’s complaint, according to a senior police official.
Ravi has slammed the state government and called the action of Congress-led Siddaramiah reign “acted like dictators”.
Ahead of being presented before the Special Court for Elected Representatives in Bengaluru, Ravi on Friday said, “They (the government) have acted like dictators, there is a full stop to everything, dictatorship will not last long.”
Ravi claimed there was a plot to kill him using a fraudulent complaint. He also criticised the police for their inaction, stating they had not filed either a standard complaint or a zero FIR.
“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,” CT Ravi stated in a video released by news agency ANI.The BJP leader additionally asserted that a scheme had been devised to end his life and held the current Congress administration in Karnataka accountable.
“If something happens to me, Congress government must take responsibility. By registering a false case, they’re conspiring to murder me,” he declared.