The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the alleged sex video case involving Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna has summoned both him and his father, MLA H D Revanna, for questioning within 24 hours. The probe agency has also issued a notice to Revanna’s father and JD(S) MLA H D Revanna.
Revanna had fled the country after his constituency in Hassan went to polling on April 26. The Janata Dal (Secular), in a core committee meeting on Tuesday, suspended Revanna from the party till the probe is completed.
On Tuesday, Revanna’s former driver Kailash denied sharing a pen-drive containing purported videos with Congress party leaders. He said that he only shared it with the BJP leader Devaraje Gowda, not with any Congress leader.
Devaraje Gowda told me to hand over the photos and videos which he promised to hand over to the judge to help vacate the stay which Prajwal Revanna had brought to prevent him from releasing them. Trusting him, I gave him a copy,” the driver claimed.
However, Gowda has claimed that neither the JD(S) nor the BJP would release the videos.
Meanwhile, his uncle and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has distanced himself from the matter and said that they are not going to protect him.
The Congress party leaders have accused the BJP of helping Revanna flee the country. However, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has slammed the Congress party for not taking any action even when there is Congress government in the state.
The father-son duo was booked under IPC sections 354A (sexual abuse), 354D (stalking), 506 (threat) and 509 (insult caused to the modesty of a woman).
