VIP display in Bengaluru: BJP MLA daughter ‘misbehaves’ with traffic cops for imposing fine

After the video went viral, Aravind Limbavali apologised on behalf of his daughter Renuka Limbavali.

In this screengrab from a video, BJP MLA Aravind Limbavali's daughter Renuka Limbavali is seen speaking with the police.

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Limbavali’s daughter Renuka Limbavali was on Thursday accused of misbehaving with the traffic police after they fined her for overspeeding in Bengaluru city.

The incident took place when she was driving with a friend. The traffic police flagged the car — a white BMW — for overspeeding. Enraged, the woman, who, in a later video is seen in the driver’s seat, stepped out of the vehicle and engaged in an altercation with the police, during which she stated that she is the daughter of MLA Aravind Limbavali and instructed the police to release the vehicle.

In a video which went viral, the woman is heard saying: “You are filing a case for overtaking an ACP [Assistant Commissioner of Police] vehicle. This is an MLA vehicle. For your information, this is an MLA vehicle. I have not driven my vehicle rashly.”

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When traffic police ask who the MLA is, she replies: “my father. Do you know Aravind Limbavali? I am his daughter. That’s all.”

Police sources said that the vehicle had a previous violation and hence the car was impounded.

“For your information, this is an MLA vehicle”: BJP MLA Aravind Limbavali’s daughter ‘misbehaves’ with traffic cops for imposing fine

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Following the verbal altercation with the police, Renuka Limbavali allegedly manhandled the media persons who were recording the video and said, “shut the **** off. Where are you from?”, and instructed the police to send off the media persons.

After the video went viral, Aravind Limbavali apologised on behalf of his daughter. “If my daughter’s behaviour has hurt anyone or media persons, I will apologise,” he said.

State Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, meanwhile, said that the car was driven by Renuka’s friend. “This was a case of rash driving, she (MLA Aravind Limbavali’s daughter) was stopped by police. Her friend was driving the car, they paid a fine and went,” he told news agency ANI.

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Aravind Limbavali is a sitting MLA from the Mahadevapura constituency in Bengaluru. He was the state Minister of Forest and Minister of Kannada and Culture in the B S Yeddiyurappa Cabinet till 2021.

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