New Delhi: New Delhi: BJP chief and Advocate G Devaraje Gowda was arrested on Friday in reference to the case of sexual assault registered with Holenarasipur Town Police, reported PTI. He was held close to the Gulihal toll gate in Chitradurga district following a notification from the Hassan Police requesting his cooperation within the investigation.
Who is Devaraje Gowda?
Gowda is the chief of the Bhartiya Janta Party and an advocate by occupation. He ran for the 2023 meeting election as a candidate of the BJP however was defeated. He misplaced to JD(S) MLA and former minister H D Revanna.
Devaraje is accused of leaking the sexual abuse movies, however he has denied these allegations.
The BJP chief is an advocate by occupation. He claims that he had earlier warned the BJP management concerning the sexual abuse of a number of ladies. However, the saffron celebration has denied any such claims. The BJP state president rebutted Gowda’s assertion that he despatched a letter concerning the movies.
Revanna is the grandson of former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda and is the BJP-JD(S) Lok Sabha ballot candidate from Hassan. The BJP has shaped an alliance with the JD(S) for the present basic elections.
Molestation Case Against Gowda
Gowda has been accused of sexual harassment in an FIR lodged by a lady. The grievance alleges that Gowda and others bodily harassed and threatened her. Gowda faces fees below varied sections of the IPC and the Information Technology Act, together with assault or drive in opposition to a lady with the intent to outrage modesty, sexual harassment, voyeurism, home trespass, intentional insult to impress breach of peace, and felony intimidation.
The FIR, filed on April 1, pertains to an incident on February 4 on the sufferer’s residence in Holenarasipura. Besides Gowda, three others have additionally been named within the FIR.
