JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna arrested in alleged sex scandal

BENGALURU: JD(S) MLC and son of HD Revanna, Suraj Revanna was arrested this morning by CEN police based on the sexual assault complaint of a JD(S) worker and his brother-in-law. It is expected to produce him before the Magistrate in the Special Court of People’s Representatives within 24 hours of arrest, after the medical test.

Holenarasipur police have registered an FIR against Suraj Revanna under IPC Sections 377, 342, 506, and 34.

MLC Suraj Revanna was booked on Saturday for allegedly involvement in sexual assaulting a party worker a few days ago, police said.

Earlier, an FIR was registered against the same youth and his brother-in-law as per the complaint filed by the personal assistant of JD(S) MLC and Suraj Revanna for threatening and blackmailing the MLC with false allegations of sexual assault, officials said.

According to the police, the FIR has been registered under sections 384 and 506.

Suraj Revanna is the son of JD (S) MLA HD Revanna and the elder brother of former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is currently in police custody over separate allegations of sexually assaulting multiple women which shook the state during Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

Meanwhile, former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Court on June 10.

Prajwal Revanna, who is accused in the obscene video case, was arrested from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru after his return to the country.

The court on May 31 remanded him to SIT custody till June 6 and later extended it till June 10.

On June 1, the SIT team at the Holenarasipura residence of Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, for questioning.

Bhavani is accused in the kidnapping case registered under IPC sections 64(A), 365, 109, 120(B).

Her husband, HD Revanna, was arrested earlier in connection with the kidnapping case on April 29 and granted conditional bail by a special court for people’s representatives.

The case, registered on April 28 at the Holenarasipura town police station, involves allegations of sexual assault by Revanna and his son, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, against their house help.

Prajwal Revanna had returned to India from Germany nearly a month after leaving the country supposedly on the night of April 26 after several obscene videos allegedly involving him surfaced on social media platforms.

Revanna is facing a probe by the SIT over allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a woman who worked as a domestic help at his house. (ANI)