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 girls.
The video clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media a day after he voted on April 26 in Phase 2 of the elections.
Prajwal Revanna – grandson of JDS chief and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda – has, nonetheless, denied the allegations and filed a criticism claiming that the movies being circulated are doctored.
The Karnataka authorities has fashioned a particular investigation group (SIT) to look into the obscene movies case.
The choice to arrange the SIT got here after the state girls’s fee really useful the Siddaramaiah authorities to take motion.
What Is Prajwal Revanna Accused Of?
The scandal entails express movies that had been allegedly shot by the MP and had been circulated broadly 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 instances between 2019 and 2022.
The complainant additionally claimed that Prajwal Revanna misbehaved along with her daughter over a video name and had “vulgar conversations” along with her.Â
The lady alleged that Prajwal’s father HD Revanna additionally sexually assaulted her when his spouse was not at residence. She additionally mentioned that there’s a menace to her life in addition to different members of her household.
BJP Leader Devaraje Gowda, who was the occasion’s Holenarsipura candidate in the course of the 2023 Assembly elections, has now claimed that had written to then state president BY Vijayendra in December final 12 months, flagging “grave allegations” in opposition to the HD Deve Gowda household, together with Prajwal Revanna.
He claimed that he had obtained a pen drive containing 2,976 express movies of girls – which had been then getting used to blackmail them into persevering with to have interaction 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 videos can be used as a brahmastra and we will be tainted as a party that aligned with the family of a rapist. This will be a big blow to the image of our party 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 National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate within the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, the place voting was held within the second section on April 26. Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S), joined the NDA in September final 12 months.
The 33-year-old left for Germany Saturday morning, shortly after the movies emerged on-line.
He has filed a police criticism claiming the movies had been doctored they usually had been being circulated to “tarnish his image and poison voters’ minds”.
Prajwal’s father HD Revanna, who can be an accused within the case filed by their former home assist, is MLA from Holenarasipur constituency.
Sex 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 party, have nothing to do with the videos and neither do we have any comments to make on the SIT probe announced by the state government into the alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal Revanna,” BJP state spokesperson S Prakash mentioned.
Prajwal Revanna ‘s uncle and JD(S) chief H D Kumaraswamy mentioned he want to look forward to the info to come back out of the investigation into the alleged scandal involving his nephew, however asserted that there isn’t any query of forgiving anybody who has dedicated a criminal offense
Another JD(S) chief, Sharangouda Kandkur has demanded the suspension of Prajwal Revanna. In a two-page letter made public Monday morning, Mr Kandkur instructed HD Deve Gowda the JDS had been left “embarrassed by the circulating videos, and it damages the reputation of both you and your party,” he mentioned.
The Congress has hit out on the BJP, alleging that the occasion 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 rapid arrest.