Prajwal Revanna, JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate in Karnataka, booked for rape amid look-out notice in sexual abuse case
India Today report, Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, has been named as the sole accused in the FIR. This is the second case filed against the Hassan MP after he fled the country on April 27, reportedly to Germany, soon after the Karnataka government formed an SIT.
Several explicit video clips allegedly involving him started making the rounds recently, stirring a controversy. Also Read: ‘PM Modi is asking votes for mass rapist Prajwal Revanna’: Rahul Gandhi lashes out at BJP-JD(S) alliance Prajwal and his father H D Revanna MLA were booked by the police on April 28 on charges of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation.
On Thursday, Prajwal's father Revanna also sought an anticipatory bail in People’s Representative Court after a Special Investigation Team (SIT) served notices to him and his son to appear before it for investigation. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused Prajwal Revanna of raping 400 women, and slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for seeking votes for a "mass rapist" and sought his apology.
The SIT has also issued a look-out notice against Prajwal, making his arrest imminent after returning to India. Also Read: Prajwal Revanna ‘sex video’ case: 7 times prominent politicians were booked for 'crimes against women' in India Responding to SIT summons, on Wednesday, Prajwal said that he was not in Bengaluru, and posted that the 'truth will prevail.' Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that the JD(S) MP travelled to Germany on a diplomatic passport, and he did not seek political clearance for the trip.
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