SIT arrests JDS leader HD Revanna in kidnapping case
in which his son and JDS MP from Hassan Prajwal Revanna is also booked. Revanna was brought to CID office in Bengaluru, news agency PTI reported. Revanna was taken into the custody after a special court for People's Representative in Bengaluru rejected the interim bail application of HD Revanna and Prajwal Revanna in connection with the alleged "obscene videos" case.
The action was taken based on a complaint lodged by the son of a woman who was allegedly “abducted and sexually abused". According to news agency ANI, the man said in his complaint that his mother worked as a housemaid at HD Revanna's home for six years before returning to her village, where she worked as a daily wage labourer. The man later discovered a video, allegedly depicting the sexual abuse of his mother by incumbent MP and Hassan Lok Sabha candidate Prajwal Revanna.
He was quoted as saying that soon after the video was revealed, his mother went missing. He then filed a kidnapping complaint against HD Revanna and Babanna (accused number two in FIR registered by KR Nagar police) on Thursday night. The two were booked under Sections 364A (kidnapping for ransom), 365 (kidnapping with intent to cause harm), and 34 (common intention) of the IPC.
D Revanna and his son, Prajwal Revanna, are under the scanner of an SIT constituted by the Karnataka government. The SIT team was formed following allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a woman who worked in their household. The case was registered under sections 354A, 354D, 506, and 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on charges of sexual harassment, intimidation, and outraging the dignity of a woman.
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