B. Gurappa Naidu
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Karnataka Congress leader B. Gurappa Naidu, who has been booked for alleged sexual harassment, has been expelled from the primary membership of the party for six years.
In a press release, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) disciplinary action committee chairman K. Rahaman Khan on Saturday announced Mr. Naidu’s expulsion from the party.
Mr. Naidu, who is also the general secretary of the KPCC, has been booked under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment), 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty).
The FIR was registered on November 26, based on the complaint by a 38-year-old woman, who worked as a teacher at a school where the suspect is the chairman. However, Mr. Naidu has refuted the allegations, terming them as false and baseless.
Published – November 30, 2024 08:36 pm IST