Karnataka orders CID probe over BJP legislator CT Ravi’s ‘derogatory remark against minister Laxmi Hebbalkar’

Hebbalkar and Ravi got into a heated exchange on the floor of the Legislative Council on Thursday, the last day of the Winter Session, amid a brief adjournment following protests over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr B R Ambedkar.

During the incident, Ravi allegedly used a derogatory word against the minister. Soon after, the MLC was confronted by Hebbalkar’s staff who objected to the word. Multiple complaints were filed over the incident, and Congress MLAs moved a privilege motion in the Legislative Council over the “insult” at Hebbalkar.

‘Issue a closed chapter’

On Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti terming the issue a ‘closed chapter’, Parameshwara said that while the chairman will do his job, the police will have to perform their duty.

Meanwhile, Ravi has demanded that the government-ordered CID probe be monitored by a sitting judge as investigating officials could be manipulated with a lure of better postings.

“Even if CID investigates the case, let it investigate under a sitting judge. The report should be submitted to him… Even if a judicial probe is ordered, then he (the judge) won’t go investigate personally. He will look into all circumstantial issues. He won’t hide the records or manipulate it,” Ravi said.

When investigators are under pressure and they “look for a posting at a good place, then justice is denied,” he added.