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Snehamayi Krishna, the activist who has accused Siddaramaiah and his family of irregularities in land allotment under the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (Muda), said he was falsely accused and had evidence to prove his innocence.

“After I took up the MUDA website scam case, some people are trying to harass me by filing false complaints,” Krishna said.

Krishna’s complaint follows a case registered against him by a 38-year-old woman at Nanjanagudu police station on August 18, the day she was attacked.

In her complaint, the woman claimed: “My husband died of a heart attack in 2020 and I am fighting a case over my inheritance and the money I was supposed to receive as a beneficiary after his death.” On August 18th I was attacked , when I returned home with my mother after attending the hearing. Snehamayi Krishna is harassing me on behalf of my in-laws…”

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She accused the group of grabbing and dragging her, using abusive language and threatening her and her mother’s life.

A case has been lodged against Krishna under BNS sections for cruelty to a woman and using force with intent to hurt a woman’s modesty, Nanjanagudu police inspector Sunil Kumar said. “The incident allegedly occurred on August 18 and investigations are ongoing,” he said.

However, Krishna claimed that he had proof of his innocence.

“I have detailed call records and CCTV footage showing that I was in Mysuru at the time of the crime. This is clearly an attempt to burden me with false allegations,” he said.

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“I cannot accept my success in bringing a senior leader to justice as some influential people are behind these false allegations. Even if I go to prison, my fight against corruption will continue. After the Supreme Court dismissed Siddaramaiah’s plea and allowed his prosecution, unknown persons tried to oppress me by making false allegations and using government officials to register FIRs with non-bailable sections to frame me,” he alleged.

The Karnataka Lokayukta on Friday filed a first information report (FIR) against Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvathi and his brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy in connection with the land allotment case, adding to the problems for the embattled Congress leader who came to power last year stepped up an anti-corruption campaign.