<div> A month after a retired IAS officer’s daughter lodged a complaint of sexual assault and dowry harassment against her Mysuru-based brother-in-law and parents-in-law respectively, the government has decided to hand over the probe to criminal investigation department (CID).<br /><br />In a press meet held here on Thursday, Police Commissioner B Dayananda, said, “Following a direction from the higher ups in Bengaluru on Wednesday, it has been decided to hand over the probe to CID.”<br /><br /> The commissioner further said, “The previous commissioner (M A Saleem) had recommended for criminal investigation department probe, considering the nature of the case. They (the criminal investigation department) will probe into both sexual assault and dowry harassment charges.<br /><br />Case background<br /><br /> On April 14, a retired IAS officer’s daughter had lodged a complaint at Indiranagar police station in Bengaluru against her in-laws in Mysuru. <br /><br />The complainant had alleged that her brother-in-law Dr Prabudha Harsha Murthy had sexually assaulted her when she was pregnant in November 2014. <br /><br />She had also blamed her parents-in-law Dr C B Murthy and Nalina of abetting their elder son’s acts and also harassing her for dowry. <br /><br />The following day (April 15), the case was transferred to V V Puram station, in Mysuru, as the said criminal acts had allegedly occurred at the house located in the said police limits.ACP (NR Sub-division) Umesh G Shet, the investigation officer (IO) in the case, had recorded the statements of Murthy couple. The Murthy couple had obtained anticipatory bail in the case.<br /><br />HC hears advance bail plea<br /><br />Meanwhile, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday heard the anticipatory bail plea of Dr Prabhudha Harsha Murthy, who is booked under IPC Section 376. <br /> Counsel for the accused C V Nagesh and advocate B A Belliappa, appearing for the victim, placed their arguments before the judge Justice K N Phaneendra. Dr Harsha Murthy had moved the High Court after the Seventh Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru dismissed his advance bail plea.<br /><br /><br /></div>
<div> A month after a retired IAS officer’s daughter lodged a complaint of sexual assault and dowry harassment against her Mysuru-based brother-in-law and parents-in-law respectively, the government has decided to hand over the probe to criminal investigation department (CID).<br /><br />In a press meet held here on Thursday, Police Commissioner B Dayananda, said, “Following a direction from the higher ups in Bengaluru on Wednesday, it has been decided to hand over the probe to CID.”<br /><br /> The commissioner further said, “The previous commissioner (M A Saleem) had recommended for criminal investigation department probe, considering the nature of the case. They (the criminal investigation department) will probe into both sexual assault and dowry harassment charges.<br /><br />Case background<br /><br /> On April 14, a retired IAS officer’s daughter had lodged a complaint at Indiranagar police station in Bengaluru against her in-laws in Mysuru. <br /><br />The complainant had alleged that her brother-in-law Dr Prabudha Harsha Murthy had sexually assaulted her when she was pregnant in November 2014. <br /><br />She had also blamed her parents-in-law Dr C B Murthy and Nalina of abetting their elder son’s acts and also harassing her for dowry. <br /><br />The following day (April 15), the case was transferred to V V Puram station, in Mysuru, as the said criminal acts had allegedly occurred at the house located in the said police limits.ACP (NR Sub-division) Umesh G Shet, the investigation officer (IO) in the case, had recorded the statements of Murthy couple. The Murthy couple had obtained anticipatory bail in the case.<br /><br />HC hears advance bail plea<br /><br />Meanwhile, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday heard the anticipatory bail plea of Dr Prabhudha Harsha Murthy, who is booked under IPC Section 376. <br /> Counsel for the accused C V Nagesh and advocate B A Belliappa, appearing for the victim, placed their arguments before the judge Justice K N Phaneendra. Dr Harsha Murthy had moved the High Court after the Seventh Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru dismissed his advance bail plea.<br /><br /><br /></div>
