Bengaluru: Former BJP MLA of Mudigere constituency, M.P. Kumaraswamy, has been accused of assaulting his wife after she questioned him about his alleged illicit affairs. Following the incident, his wife sat on a dharna in front of his house in HSR Layout on Sunday night.
Savita, an engineer with the Irrigation Department, has alleged that that her husband assaulted her on Sunday night when she questioned him about his illicit affairs. In June this year, the couple had fought over the same issue at the Legislators’ House near Vidhana Soudha.
Savita alleged that she was fed up with extra-marital affairs of her husband and she questioned him about it on Sunday evening. “He said it was his weakness and I have to live with it without questioning. When I again asked him about it, he assaulted me and threw me out of the house. He has locked the house and gone out.”
Mr Kumaraswamy alleged that Savita is harassing him and blackmailing him over a property issue. “She wants me to give her a 30-acre coffee estate. She is pestering me for this, and that is the reason she is tarnishing my image and making false allegations.”
Following the incident, BJP state president and former chief minister B. S. Yeddyurappa reportedly contacted Mr Kumaraswamy and advised him to no involve in such incidents as it would dent the image of the party. However, no case was registered in connection with the Sunday’s incident.
