A JD (S) functionary was arrested on Tuesday for assaulting a woman and threatening to kill her.
Narayana lives in Mahalakshmi Layout, North Bengaluru, and is the general secretary of the party's state backward classes wing, a police officer said. He is related to the woman and was once a history-sheeter.
Narayana was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by the woman. In the complaint, she said that on February 16, when she was bringing her son from a coaching class, he picked a quarrel with her and dragged her in the middle of the road. He misbehaved with her and assaulted her. He also assaulted a passerby who came to her rescue. Narayana threatened to kill her if she went to the police.
Police are investigating the motive for the assault, the officer added.
Published 13 March 2018, 18:58 IST