Bengaluru, May 22 -- A first information report (FIR) was registered against Karnataka BJP MLA Munirathna and four others on Wednesday after a 40-year-old woman accused the MLA of masterminding a gang-rape, injecting her with a deadly virus and urinating on her face, police officers familiar with the matter said.

The woman, claiming to be a BJP worker, filed a complaint at RMC Yard police station in northwestern Bengaluru and said the incident happened on June 11, 2023.

She said in her complaint that the MLA's accomplices, Vasantha and Kamal, "misled" her into visiting Munirathna's office in Mathikere, saying the MLA could "help her clear criminal cases" which she claimed were "falsely foisted on her at the MLA's behest."

The woman all...