Rape plaint of retd IAS officer's daughter transferred to CID

The city police have transferred the investigation pertaining to the rape and dowry harassment plaint of a retired IAS officer’s daughter against her brother-in-law and parents-in-law to the CID.

 Police Commissioner B Dayananda said: “The files related to the case have been handed over to the CID office in Bengaluru on Friday. They will investigate the case.”
“ACP (N R Sub-division) Umesh G Shet, the investigating officer in the case, handed over related documents, including the FIR and statements of the victim and the accused, to CID officials, a source said.

 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. The complainant had alleged that her brother-in-law Dr Prabudha Harsha Murthy had sexually assaulted her when she was pregnant in November  2014.

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. 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.

Dr Harsha Murthy has moved the High Court after the Seventh Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru dismissed his advance bail plea.