Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna lands in additional hassle as a former member of the zilla panchayat has filed a brand new criticism towards him. She alleges that he has been sexually abusing her for greater than three years and that he has recorded the assault on digicam, which he then used to threaten and blackmail her.
The girl, in her 40s, recorded her testimony with the Special Investigation Team (SIT), and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Karnataka has now filed a proper criticism.
The girl used to go to MPs and MLAs to ask for cash for improvement initiatives in her space, in line with the FIR. The girl has claimed within the criticism that she skilled many cases of harassment and rape between January 1, 2021, and April 25, 2024. On May 1, the CID opened the case.
The complainant alleged within the criticism, “He asked me to go to the first floor where many women were waiting for him. After speaking to the people on the ground floor, he came to the first floor and spoke to the other women. Finally, only I remained and he asked me to come inside the room.”
“Inside the room, he dragged me by the hand and closed the door. I asked him why he was closing the door and he asked me to sit on the bed, and told me that my husband was talking way too much. He also said his mother missed the MLA ticket due to my husband’s interference. He said that if I wanted to grow politically, I would have to listen to his words,” the lady alleged in her assertion.
“Then, he asked me to remove my clothes. I refused and threatened to scream for help. But he threatened me saying he was carrying a gun and would not leave my husband and me,” she alleged. Prajwal allegedly proceeded to make use of his cell phone to document a video of the lady eradicating her garments earlier than he raped her.
The girl alleged, “He threatened to leak the video to the public if I revealed it to anyone. Using those videos (as leverage), he used to video call me over the phone and ask me to strip. He also raped me several times.”
Revanna and his son, Prajwal Revanna, who’s the sitting MP and candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, are dealing with a probe by a Special Investigative Team (SIT), constituted by the Karnataka authorities, over allegations of sexual harassment and felony intimidation following a criticism by a girl who labored of their family.
Revanna was booked in an alleged sexual harassment case on April 28 primarily based on a criticism lodged with Holenarasipura Town police. The case was registered beneath sections 354A, 354D, 506, and 509 of the IPC on prices of sexual harassment, intimidation, and outraging the dignity of a girl. As per the criticism, the sufferer claimed that Prajwal Revanna and his father, HD Revanna, had sexually assaulted her.
