Overview

• The Karnataka High Court granted interim protection from arrest to BJP MLC N. Ravikumar and directed him to personally apologize to Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum for suggesting she came from Pakistan.
• The court instructed Ravikumar to file an affidavit confirming his apology and has scheduled the next hearing for June 6.
• Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has assured a formal inquiry into derogatory statements made by Ravikumar and fellow BJP MLC Chalavadi Narayanaswamy.
• CPI(M) activists and the Congress party’s women’s wing have staged protests in Kalaburagi calling for Ravikumar’s resignation and further accountability.
• An FIR under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act remains active as investigations and legal proceedings continue.