‘Heat of the moment’: Karnataka MLA’s daughter sorry for slapping cop at temple

The police have registered an FIR against Aishwarya on charges of assault or using criminal force against a public servant to stop them from doing their lawful duty, voluntarily causing hurt, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, and criminal intimidation.

Aishwarya Gowda’s anticipatory bail plea

Aishwarya, who is married to Assistant Commissioner of Police K C Goutham, approached the high court after an additional district and sessions court in Srirangapatna rejected her plea for anticipatory bail. Following the high court’s direction, she expressed deep regret over the incident.

Earlier, Gowda, MLA for Tumakuru Rural, apologised, acknowledging that his daughter might have violated temple protocol. “I will not deny that the sub-inspector may have abused her or put pressure on her. But my daughter also answered back, and that is when the argument started. I do not know what happened after that. I have not seen the video, so I cannot say whether she slapped the sub-inspector or not,” he said.

Gowda also filed a police complaint in this regard, but no FIR was registered.

The officer is posted at Mandya women’s police station.