Prajwal Revanna is grandson of JDS chief and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda
Bengaluru:
A case has been filed in opposition to Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna amid a row over express movies – allegedly exhibiting the him sexually assaulting a number of ladies.
The video clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media a day after he voted on April 26 in Part 2 of the elections.
Prajwal Revanna – grandson of JDS chief and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda – has, nevertheless, denied the allegations and filed a grievance claiming that the movies being circulated are doctored.
The Karnataka authorities has shaped a particular investigation workforce (SIT) to look into the obscene movies case.
The choice to arrange the SIT got here after the state ladies’s fee beneficial the Siddaramaiah authorities to take motion.
What Is Prajwal Revanna Accused Of?
The scandal includes express movies that had been allegedly shot by the MP and had been circulated extensively within the Hassan constituency.
This was adopted up by a girl submitting a police case in opposition to Prajwal Revanna, accusing him of sexual assault. She alleged she had been sexually abused a number of occasions between 2019 and 2022.
The complainant additionally claimed that Prajwal Revanna misbehaved together with her daughter over a video name and had “vulgar conversations” together with her.
The girl alleged that Prajwal’s father HD Revanna additionally sexually assaulted her when his spouse was not at residence. She additionally stated that there’s a risk to her life in addition to different members of her household.
BJP Chief Devaraje Gowda, who was the social gathering’s Holenarsipura candidate through the 2023 Meeting elections, has now claimed that had written to then state president BY Vijayendra in December final yr, flagging “grave allegations” in opposition to the HD Deve Gowda household, together with Prajwal Revanna.
He claimed that he had acquired a pen drive containing 2,976 express movies of girls – which had been then getting used to blackmail them into persevering with to interact in sexual actions. “If we align with the JD(S) and if we nominate a JD(S) candidate in Hassan for the Lok Sabha elections, these movies can be utilized as a brahmastra and we will likely be tainted as a celebration that aligned with the household of a rapist. This will likely be a giant blow to the picture of our social gathering nationally,” Devaraje Gowdahad written within the letter.
Who Is Prajwal Revanna And What He Says
Prajwal Revanna is the grandson of former prime minister H D Devegowda.
Prajwal Revanna is the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate within the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, the place voting was held within the second part on April 26. Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S), joined the NDA in September final yr.
The 33-year-old left for Germany Saturday morning, shortly after the movies emerged on-line.
He has filed a police grievance claiming the movies had been doctored they usually had been being circulated to “tarnish his picture and poison voters’ minds”.
Prajwal’s father HD Revanna, who can also be an accused within the case filed by their former home assist, is MLA from Holenarasipur constituency.
Intercourse Scandal Sparks Political Slugfest
The row has additionally snowballed right into a political squabble between the JDS and the BJP.
The BJP has distanced itself from Prajwal Revanna amid the controversy round his purported intercourse tapes. “We, as a celebration, don’t have anything to do with the movies and neither do we’ve got any feedback to make on the SIT probe introduced by the state authorities into the alleged intercourse scandal involving Prajwal Revanna,” BJP state spokesperson S Prakash stated.
Prajwal Revanna ‘s uncle and JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy stated he want to look ahead to the information to return out of the investigation into the alleged scandal involving his nephew, however asserted that there isn’t a query of forgiving anybody who has dedicated against the law
One other JD(S) chief, Sharangouda Kandkur has demanded the suspension of Prajwal Revanna. In a two-page letter made public Monday morning, Mr Kandkur advised HD Deve Gowda the JDS had been left “embarrassed by the circulating movies, and it damages the status of each you and your social gathering,” he stated.
The Congress has hit out on the BJP, alleging that the social gathering helped Prajwal Revanna flee the nation amid row over alleged intercourse clips involving him. Congress leaders and employees additionally staged a protest in Bengaluru demanding his fast arrest.
