Suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna has been sent to Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody till June 10 by the People’s Representative Court in connection with the sex tape case. The court order came a day after the SIT questioned Revanna for several hours.
Revanna, who is the grandson of former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, was arrested on May 31 after his return from Germany. He is facing charges of sexually abusing several women.
The police also arrested Revanna’s father, H D Revanna, on charges of kidnapping a woman who figured in one of the videos. H D Revanna was later released after a court granted him bail.
Revanna’s wife and Bhavani Revanna’s mother is absconding in the same kidnapping case.
The 31-year-old Shreyas Patel had contested against H D Revanna in Holenarasipura in the assembly polls last year, but lost by 3,152 votes. Patel, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, lost the Lok Sabha elections to Shreyas M Patel of the Congress by 42,549 votes on Tuesday.
The 33-year-old Prajwal Revanna, who is the grandson of former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, was the only one from JD(S) to win the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka.
As per the results announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, the BJP won 17 seats in Karnataka whereas its ally JD(S) won only two seats. The Congress’s performance in its ruled state has improved, increasing from one seat in 2019 to nine seats in 2024.
Congress won the most controversial Hassan seat after sitting MP Prajwal Revanna was accused in an obscene video case. Revanna lost the seat to Congress’s Shreyas M Patel by a margin of 42,649 votes.
Polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka was held in the second and third phases on April 26 and May 7, respectively.
