BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal was booked for his alleged derogatory remarks about Kannada actress Ranya Rao, who was recently arrested in a gold smuggling case, a PTI report said.
Based on a complaint from Akula Anuradha, the case was registered at the High Grounds police station in Bengaluru under Section 79 (Word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Yatnal on Tuesday, they added.
The complainant said that Yatnal’s remarks against Rao were “objectionable, vulgar, and disrespectful”. In the FIR, the complainant has alleged that the BJP leader had made these remarks while speaking to the media in Vijayapura on Monday.
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