Sunil Lohan
A Day after KPCC members filed a complaint against BJP leaders,the Vidhana Soudha police on Thursday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against BJP MLC N Ravikumar for his alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh during a protest at Vidhana Soudha campus on Tuesday .
Based on the complaint by Nagarathana,a city based social worker,the police charged Ravi Kumar under Sections 351(3) (criminal intimidation),75(3) (sexual harassment) and 79 (word,gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for further investigation.
The complainant claimed that she saw Ravikumar on a news channel making the remarks on July 1 during a protest near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi,inside the Vidhana Soudha.
“The chief secretary works at night for the state government and during the day for the chief minister,” Ravikumar said indicating sexist remarks dishonoured the senior IAS officer and all other women and disrupting the position .
