Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat's sex CD stirs storm in BJP

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March 28, 2013
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Udupi, Mar 28: Even before people in Karnataka could forget the discomfiture over the MLAs Porn-gate, Malpe rave party, yet another controversial sex tape CD allegedly featuring Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat is being circulated.

The CD allegedly involving Mr Bhat and a woman in a compromising position went viral on Thursday after an unknown person forwarded it to some sections of media.

However, Mr Bhat claimed that the CD was “fabricated and morphed” and denied its contents. “It is not me, it's morphed, doctored and 'cut and paste work of my opponents,” he said. With only days left for the elections scheduled to be held on May 5, he denied playing any role in the video tape, and has claimed that it was a conspiracy by his rivals from other parties to tarnish his political image before the elections.

Speaking to news channels, he said that he was shocked and hurt and felt humiliated by the turn of events. Clarifying that he was not at fault, he however has declared that he did not want to cause further embarrassment to his party and would not contest in the upcoming elections.

The CD reportedly contains additional indecent visuals which cannot be telecast. Mr Bhat told news channels that he did not want to name anyone as the cause for having engineered the CD which shows him in bad light, and urged that a thorough investigation should be conducted about the source of the CD.

Shock

People in the coastalregion were in for a shock when private channels began telecasting the news about the CD at 10.30 am. The public became curious as most of the channels that aired the news said the videos in the CD were not worth telecasting as they were explicit sex scenes. One particular channel showed the clippings, but most places in Udupi do not have access to that channel.

Surrounded in controversy

This is not the first time that the MLA has been involved in controversy. Following the mysterious death of his wife Padmapriya in New Delhi five years ago, allegations grew whether or not Raghupathi Bhat had a role to play in her death, after she mysteriously disappeared from her home and was subsequently found dead in 2008.

Although preliminary investigations revealed that she had purportedly committed suicide, the rumour mill suggested that Bhat was somehow involved in the case. Four years after his wife was found dead, the MLA came out in the open last year and claimed that he was innocent and had no hand in her death.

There had been speculations previously, stating that Bhat's opponents would try to revive the controversy surrounding him being involved in his wife's death, ahead of elections. Hence, few members of the BJP had been apprehensive of instigators who might try to damage his reputation if he would be fielded from Udupi in the upcoming elections.

Also Read: This is a temporary setback, says Raghupathi Bhat

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March 27,2024

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Hassan: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has announced that his son, former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will contest from state's Mandya parliamentary seat as NDA candidate.

Deve Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to field Kumaraswamy, who is also JD(S) state president, in Lok Sabha polls from the Mandya seat was taken amid mounting public demand. "People are demanding that Kumaraswamy should contest from Mandya. In the core committee meeting as well, all members suggested that he should contest from Mandya," Deve Gowda said.

The former Chief Minister's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy had lost to independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh from Mandya in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The JD(S) supremo further said that the name of senior leader Mallesh Babu has been finalised from the Kolar seat.

Deve Gowda's grandson and former Karnataka Minister H. D. Revanna's son sitting JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will be contesting as the NDA candidate from the Hassan seat.

Earlier in the day, Kumaraswamy in a media briefing indicated that he would contest from Mandya amid mounting public pressure on him.

Congress has fielded Venkatarame Gowda popularly known as ‘Star Chandru’ from the Mandya seat dominated by Vokkaligas. Star Chandru is a close associate of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.

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March 26,2024

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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March 26,2024

Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained two suspects in connection with the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case in Bengaluru, sources confirmed on Tuesday.

The preliminary probe has revealed that the two suspects were in direct contact with the suspected bomber.

The NIA sleuths have picked up the suspects from an area in the state capital. However, a statement is yet to be made by the NIA in this regard.

Even as the investigating agencies, both NIA and state special wing CCB teams have launched an extensive search operation in various states, the bomber has remained elusive. The authorities had obtained the bomber’s images and videos from CCTV footage on March 1, soon after the incident.

Sources said that the sleuths were suspecting that the bomber had come from Tamil Nadu and was staying in a neighbouring state for two months before carrying out the blast.

The hair samples of the accused were gathered from the hat of the accused which he abandoned in Bengaluru near a religious place. The authorities have sent the samples for the DNA testing and were hoping for a breakthrough.

The Rameshwaram Cafe bomb blast took place on March 1 on the International Technology Park Limited (ITPL) road in the Brookfield area. Low intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used to carry out the blast and nine persons were injured in the incident.

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