Karthik accepts knowing actress Mythriya, but denies marrying or cheating her

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Bangalore, 13 Sep 2014: Karthik Gowda, who appeared before police on Friday after evading them for two weeks, was grilled for more than 10 hours regarding the complaint filed by an actress accusing him of kidnapping, marrying by force and raping her.

 

The son of railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda was quizzed by police at their interrogation centre in Madiwala from 11 am. The questioning went on till late night and will continue on Saturday.

 

According to sources, Karthik denied all charges, saying that he knew the complainant but did not marry or cheat her.

 

To avoid the media, Karthik, who received anticipatory bail earlier this week, appeared before DCP-North T Suresh at 6.30am. "We took him to Dr B R Ambedkar Hospital for procedural medical check-up, after which he was taken to the interrogation centre," Suresh said.

 

 

Later, Karthik was taken to the forensic science laboratory for a speech test to verify if the voice heard in the phone calls was his.

 

According to sources, he told the investigators that the complainant was introduced to him through common friends and they met a couple of times during parties.

 

Alleging that the charges were levelled to tarnish his image, Karthik said the calls between them were recorded by the complainant with ulterior motive. Besides, he alleged that the entire episode was politically motivated.