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  • Sexual assault case: Court adjourns HD Revanna’s plea, next hearing on Friday

    Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Monday adjourned JDS MLA HD Revanna’s plea on quashing the first information report (FIR) filed against him in a case of alleged abduction of a sexual assault survivor from her home in Mysuru district.

    The high court will hear the case on Friday.

    Revanna, a former minister and son of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, was booked last month on accusations of kidnapping one of the alleged survivors of sexual abuse by his son Prajwal Revanna, who is BJPled NDA’s candidate from Hassan in this Lok Sabha election. HD Revanna is currently out on bail. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is also probing him for charges of sexual harassment of a domestic help.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesThe special court for public representatives granted him bail on the condition that the accused would furnish a bond for ₹5 lakh , along with two sureties. He is also barred from leaving the country, entering KR Nagar in Mysuru district, from where he allegedly abducted the survivor, and interacting with the witnesses. The Karnataka High Court on Friday had raised concerns over the court’s decision to grant him bail, and had issued him an urgent notice, seeking his response to the SIT’s bail cancellation petition. Revanna’s son Prajwal, embroiled in the state’s infamous sex video case, is currently in SIT custody. The JDS MP, who is seeking reelection from Hassan as NDA candidate, had fled the country after pen drives containing sex videos allegedly involving him were distributed in his constituency days before the polling in the general election. He was arrested upon his return from Germany on Friday. A special court in the city remanded him to police custody till June 6. The SIT probing the sex abuse case is parallelly pursuing a case of abduction of a survivor by Revanna’s family. Revanna Jr’s mother Bhavani was due to be questioned on Saturday, but she has disappeared since. The SIT had issued a notice to Bhavani asking her to be present at her home on June 1 as there was a need to question her in the kidnap case.

  • prajwal revanna arrest: Prajwal Revanna lands at Bengaluru airport; taken into custody by SIT

    Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexual harassment, returned to India from Munich on Thursday at around midnight. His flight landed at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.

    He has been taken into custody by the SIT authorities.

    The suspended JD(S) leader, in a selfmade video, released on May 27, had said that he will appear before the SIT on May 31 for questioning.AllUttar PradeshMaharashtraTamil NaduWest BengalBiharKarnatakaAndhra PradeshTelanganaKeralaMadhya PradeshRajasthanDelhiOther StatesRevanna claimed that his trip was preplanned as there was no case against him when the voting was held in Karnataka on April 26 for the general elections.

    Read More: Prajwal Revanna will be arrested at Airport upon his return: Karnataka Home Minister

    Prajwal Revanna is facing a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the Karnataka government over allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a woman who worked in his household. He had reportedly left for Germany on April 27, a day after Hassan went to pollsRevanna, earlier on May 28, filed an application for anticipatory bail as he is set to return to India on Friday. Notably, his anticipatory bail plea was filed hours after the SIT arrested two prime accused in connection with the case. The arrested have been identified as Naveen Gowda and Chetan, ANI reported.

    Moreover, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that action has been initiated to revoke the diplomatic passport of Revanna, adding that he has to reply to the show cause notice issued on May 23.

    Congress MP DK Suresh before the arrival of the Hassan MP said, “He (Prajwal Revann) has already mentioned that he is attending SIT tomorrow. The SIT will take care of that.”

    Youth Congress president Mohammed Haris Nalapad accused the BJP of helping Revanna ‘go outside’ the country.

    “The program of Prajwal Revanna to go outside India is sponsored by BJP. On the day of the 26th of May after polling, he was sent immediately with a diplomatic passport outside…The BJP, Narendra Modi ji, Amit Shah ji and our Yediyurappa ji all planned together and sent to Prajwal Revanna outside,” he said.