SIT Takes JDS Leader HD Revanna Into Custody In Kidnapping Case


(MENAFN- Live Mint) "The Special Investigation Team (SIT) took former minister and JDS leader HD Revanna into custody in connection with a kidnapping case. A case of kidnapping was registered against him at KR Nagar police station in Bengaluru.
HD Revanna was booked on a charge of kidnapping in connection with the 'obscene video' case – in which his son and JDS MP from Hassan Prajwal Revanna is also booked.
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 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 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.'Obscene video' caseD 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 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. The sexual harassment case was filed on April 28 based on a complaint lodged with Holenarasipura Town police per the complaint, the victim claimed that Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna had sexually assaulted her. Prajwal Revanna is the grandson of party supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.'HD Revanna was a habitual offender'Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar alleged on Saturday that JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was a habitual offender. He said Revanna had been involved in a case like his son Prajwal Revanna 30 years ago when he visited England. He added HD Revanna was kicked out of the hotel room during an England visit READ: Prajwal Revanna sex abuse case: 'Should play active role in trying to get justice for women,' Congress tells Centre\"That's what I heard, someone kicked HD Revanna out of the hotel. HD Revanna argued with the hotel owner that he was the son of the Prime Minister, but they had removed the luggage from the hotel and vacated him from the hotel. Someone called me and told me this. Once reached from the campaign, I will collect more information about the same,\" Shivakumar was quoted by ANI as saying.

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