Chennai, March 14 :     Jayalalitha was back in the centre of a bare-knuckle bout today, with the state police filing a case of attempt to murder after her former auditor accused her of ?brutally beating? him with high-heeled shoes. An infuriated Jayalalitha dismissed the charge as ?false and imaginary? and accused Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi of instigating the ?bogus? case to tarnish her image. The names of Jayalalitha?s aide Sasikala Natarajan and her nephew V. Mahadevan also figure in the first information report registered at the Teynampet police station here. The FIR was filed on the complaint of R. Rajasekhar, a chartered accountant who had handled Jayalalitha?s accounts and tax matters until about two years ago, police said. The three were also charged with assault, wrongful confinement and violation of sections of the Arms Act. Rajasekhar, with bandages on both wrists and his right eye, told reporters at a hospital that the trio forced him to sign papers acknowledging lapses on his part in filing their income-tax returns. Rajasekhar said Sasikala, along with Jayalalitha, beat him with high-heeled shoes, while Mahadevan attacked him with a lathi. ?They made me sit down to make it easier for them to beat me up. At one point, they took the lathi from Mahadevan and rained a few blows on me,? he added. However, the ADMK chief said she would never indulge in such uncivilised acts and was pained by the charges. ?I am aware of the value of culture and civilisation. I have never resorted to such methods,? she said. Jayalalitha did not mention Rajasekhar in her statement, but referred to ?mercenaries? acting under instructions from the state government to implicate her in a criminal case. She alleged that Karunanidhi?s sole aim was to tarnish her image ahead of the Supreme Court hearing in the special courts case on March 16. She recalled that there was an attempt a year ago to plant a photograph in the media, showing her in the company of a woman resembling Dhanu, Rajiv Gandhi?s assassin. Rajasekhar said Mahadevan had come to his house yesterday to take him to Jayalalitha?s Poes Garden residence to discuss some matters. His brother Ganesan, an advocate, had accompanied them. However, Ganesan was stopped at the entrance. Rajasekhar said that after a brief conversation with another chartered accountant now handling Jayalalitha?s tax matters, he was confined to a room by Jayalalitha, Sasikala and Mahadevan. After injuring him in the eye, wrists and legs, they got him to write down two letters, dictated by Sasikala in Tamil, that he alone was responsible for the lapses in the filing of their tax returns, Rajasekhar alleged. He claimed he was also forced to sign two statements on papers, with revenue stamps affixed on them, acknowledging that he had taken Rs 30 lakh on one occasion and Rs 20 lakh on another. Asked about the motive for the alleged assault, Rajasekhar said they appeared to be convinced that he was responsible for all the tax proceedings against them. After he had signed the papers, Rajasekhar said, he was taken to his office by Mahadevan as Jayalalitha wanted the official seal of his firm ? Rajasekhar & Co ? along with his signatures. On the way, Mahadevan brandished a revolver and warned him not to disclose the incident to anyone. He threatened to ?destroy his family?, Rajasekhar alleged. On finding the office locked, Mahadevan dropped him nearby and asked him ?to fetch the office seals on Monday?, he added.