India, May 28 -- Bharatiya Janata Party MLC N Ravikumar in Karnataka was booked after a complaint was filed against him in connection with the alleged "Pakistani" remark he made against Kalaburagi deputy commissioner Fouzia Tarannum.

N Ravikumar made the alleged comments during a BJP protest held on May 24, the police said on Tuesday.

Expressing regret, he withdrew his statement, calling it a "slip of tongue". The IAS Officers' Association came to the support of Fouzia Tarannum.

Ravikumar had accused the IAS officer of working on the orders of the Congress party and had reportedly said, "She seems to have come from Pakistan."

A case against the BJP MLC was registered at the Station Bazaar police station and the matter is being investi...