Bengaluru, Oct. 24 -- Police have registered a case against BJP leader and Chittapur Assembly candidate Manikant Rathod for allegedly threatening state minister Priyank Kharge, who also serves as Kalaburagi District In-charge Minister.

The FIR was filed at Brahmapur Police Station following a complaint by social activist Siddharudh M. Kamble of Kalaburagi. Rathod has been booked under Sections 352 (intentional insult), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 351(3) (aggravated intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The complaint stems from Rathod's remarks during a press conference at Patrika Bhavan on October 16.

He reportedly said, "Today, threat calls are coming; tomorrow they may come to your house," and warned that Rashtr...