A Congress leader from Telangana was arrested by the Karnataka police on the charges of rape of a woman at a private hotel in Bengaluru on Monday.
According to reports reaching Hyderabad, the rape case was lodged against Kumbham Shivakumar Reddy, president of Narayanpet District Congress Committee (DCC). It is alleged that he committed the offence at a private hotel in Bengaluru.
The Cubbon Park police have registered a case against Reddy and are investigating the case. Reddy had contested for an MLA post in the 2018 Assembly elections from Narayanpet but was defeated.
Police sources said that earlier also a rape and cheating case was lodged with the Panjagutta police station in Hyderabad against the accused.
The victim had alleged that she was called to a five-star hotel and sexually exploited there. The victim had also alleged that the leader had captured her nude pictures on camera and was blackmailing her.
More details are awaited.