A 27-year-old man had complained to the police that Suraj Revanna sexually abused him at his farmhouse in Ghannikada on 16 June.
JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna
JD(S) MLC Dr Suraj Revanna, who was arrested on 23 June on charges of sexuzally abusing a man, has been remanded to CID custody for one week till 1 July.
Former MP Prajwal Revanna is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women while his elder brother has been charged for “unnatural offences,” police sources had said earlier.
He was booked on 22 June for allegedly sexually abusing a party worker a few days ago and has been booked under different sections of the IPC, including 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).
Suraj was questioned at Hassan’s CEN police station overnight on Sunday before he was arrested, according to the sources. The case was transferred by the Karnataka government to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on the same day, for further investigation.
A Special MP/MLA Special Court, hearing the request of CID on 24 June, passed the order granting custody.
#Karnataka: Special Court for People’s Representatives remanded sexual abuse accused and @JanataDal_S MLC #SurajRevanna to #CID custody till 1 July.
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A 27-year-old man had complained to the police that Suraj Revanna, the eldest son of Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna, sexually abused him at his farmhouse in Ghannikada on 16 June.
However, Suraj Revanna (37), the grandson of former PM HD Deve Gowda and the nephew of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, categorically refuted the charge. Suraj also alleged that the man had filed a false complaint against him in a bid to extort ₹5 crore from him.
On 21 June, police registered a case of extortion against the JD(S) worker on a complaint by Suraj Revanna’s close aide Shivakumar. Shivakumar had alleged that the party worker was trying to extort money from Suraj Revanna by threatening to lodge a false case of sexual assault against him.
It has been alleged that while the man demanded ₹5 crore from Suraj Revanna, later it was reduced to ₹2 crore.
Suraj’s brother and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna is in police custody for allegedly sexually assaulting several women and was arrested upon his return from Germany last month. Prajwal, who lost from Hassan Lok Sabha seat, was arrested on 31 May soon after returning from Germany where he was holed up after rape and intimidation cases were registered against him.
Their father HD Revanna and mother Bhavani are out on bail. They have been accused of kidnapping and holding an alleged victim of their son Prajwal’s sexual assault.
Meanwhile, Revanna termed the allegations against his son Suraj Revanna of sexually abusing a male party worker as a “conspiracy” and said he has faith in God and the judiciary. Not wanting to react to anything, he said when the time comes he will tell everything.
“I won’t react to anything. Let the (CID) do it (investigation). Who said don’t (investigate)? I won’t say anything on this. I have respect for the judiciary. I know what’s happening in the state,” Revanna said.
Asked as to who was conspiring, Revanna said, “I don’t know, you (media) will have to tell — who, what. I will leave it to you…will face it, judiciary is there. Suraj has gone (to police), everyone knows what all has happened in the last couple of days.”
(Edited by Neena with PTI inputs)
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