bengalurumysuru chief minister basavaraj bommai vehemently denied any association with ks manjunath alias santro ravi who is accused of boasting of his proximity to top politicians and meddling in police transfers bommais clarification came a day after former chief minister and jds legislature party leader hd kumaraswamy accused him and his cabinet colleagues of having links with ravi kumaraswamy alleged ravi plays a big role in transfers of police officers kumaraswamys accusations came after an audio recording of a purported conversation between ravi and some police officers surfaced the audio clip has since been widely shared on social media it is kumaraswamy who has made these wild allegations bommai said on thursday let him provide the information i do not know who santro ravi is in the clip a man said to be ravi claims he is a close associate of the chief minister and several bjp ministers and promises to facilitate police transfers he also tells the officer that the cm addresses him as sir he is also heard directing some police officers in a phone conversation to meet him at kumara krupa government guest house to facilitate their transfers alluding to the clip kumaraswamy had said bommai who always claims to have guts and courage should speak up now let him order an investigation into the link between santro ravi and ministers in his cabinet what are his and their connections to the government who provided ravi access to the state guesthouse the cm and the home minister should reveal all this to the people of the state kumaraswamy also insinuated that the 14 congress and three jds mlas who fled to mumbai in 2019 resulting in the collapse of the jdscongress coalition government were helped by people with dubious distinctions like ravi while in mumbai taking exception to the remarks bjp mlc ah vishwanath who quit jds to help the saffron party form the government in 2019 said kumaraswamys government fell because of his style of functioning health minister k sudhakar who also defected in 2019 also lambasted kumaraswamy on monday a woman claiming to be ravis wife filed a complaint with police in mysuru alleging he had raped her in 2019 before marrying her she also alleged that after their wedding ravi continued to harass and assault her and had married her only to prevent her from going to the police she claimed ravi was already married when he tied the knot to her