CM Siddaramaiah on obscene video case: ‘Deve Gowda himself sent grandson Prajwal abroad’

Yadgir (Karnataka) [India], May 1 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged that JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda had sent his grandson and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna abroad amid the ongoing obscene video case controversy.
"MP Prajwal Revanna flew abroad after the sexual viral video. Deve Gowda himself sent his grandson Prajwal Revanna abroad. Who gave him a Visa, it is BJP only," Siddaramaiah said while addressing a public meeting in Devatkal village in Yadgir district.
He also dismissed allegations against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar that he was involved in the alleged pen drives against MP Revanna.
"Prajwal's pen drive case is not related to DCM DK Shivakumar. HD Kumaraswamy's statement that DK Shivakumar was behind the pen drive case is not correct. Prajwal's driver Karthi said that the pen drive was given by a BJP leader but Kumaraswamy accuses DK Shivakumar of politics," the Chief Minister said.
"Why did Amit Shah give the ticket to him knowing about all this, why did they give a ticket to the accused of the sex scandal? SIT will investigate transparently," he added.
A political row has erupted over the case pertaining to Prajwal Revanna and his "having left the country" and claims of some opposition parties that he had gone to Germany.
All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba on Monday demanded that Prajwal Revanna, who is MP from Hassan, be deported to India from Germany and that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should write to the Minister of External Affairs on the issue.
Revanna was booked in an alleged sexual harassment case on April 28 following complaints by his former housekeeper.
The case has been registered under sections 354A, 354D, 506, and 509 of the IPC on charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the dignity of a woman. As per the complaint, the victim has claimed that Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna had sexually assaulted her. Revanna is the grandson of party supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.
The Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged obscene video case against Prajwal Revanna.
Earlier on Tuesday, the JD(S) core committee recommended the suspension of Prajwal Revanna. (ANI)