SIT chargesheets Munirathna for rape, honeytrap and attempt to infect others with AIDS

SIT chargesheets MLA Munirathna for rape, honey trap, and HIV conspiracy involving political adversaries and opposition leader.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the alleged crimes of R.R. Nagar BJP MLA Munirathna, has recently chargesheeted him for rape, honey trap and attempts to infect others with AIDS.

The 2,481-page charge sheet includes accounts of 146 witnesses and 850 documents as evidence. Of the 146 witnesses, eight have already recorded their statements before a magistrate. The police have also recovered a few videos that Munirathna allegedly honeytrapped and recorded. The chargesheet was submitted to the Special Court of Magistrate for Criminal Cases against Former and Present MPs and MLAs on December 17.

A political activist had lodged a complaint that Munirathna befriended her during the pandemic, raped her, recorded his act on a video and blackmailed her using that video. She alleged that he forced her to help him honeytrap his political adversaries using an HIV+ woman.

During the investigation into the case, it had also come to light that Munirathna and inspector Iyan Reddy had conspired to attempt to infect the then Revenue Minister and now Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, R. Ashok, with HIV-infected blood. However, the conspiracy failed. 

Of the eight listed as suspects in the FIR, SIT has charge-sheeted MLA Munirathna, police inspector Iyan Reddy and two of Munirathna’s associates, Srinivas P. and Sudhakar R. They have been charged under sections 376 (2) (n) for raping the same woman repeatedly, 270 for malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life, and 354 C for voyeurism, of the Indian Penal Code, and 66E of Information Technology Act, 2000, for capturing the image of a private area of any person without his or her consent.