Bengaluru, July 3 -- In a development that has stirred political and administrative circles in Karnataka, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Narayan Venkappa Baramani has tendered his request for Voluntary Retirement Service (VRS), citing public humiliation at the hands of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Baramani alleges that the Chief Minister attempted to slap him during a Congress rally in Belagavi on April 28, following a protest involving women demonstrators waving black flags. The officer was posted at the venue as part of the security detail. "The Chief Minister got angry and tried to slap me. I instinctively stepped back, but the damage was done. I was publicly shamed without fault," Baramani stated in an open letter released to...