Sexual Harassment Scandal: Prajwal Revanna’s Return from Germany Imminent

Sexual Harassment Scandal: Prajwal Revanna’s Return from Germany Imminent

It is expected that Prajwal Revanna, the suspended leader of the Janata Dal (Secular), who is accused of sexual harassment, will return to India from Germany this week, Karnataka officials said on Wednesday. Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, is expected to arrive in India on the next night, May 3–4, according to the officials. This comes only one day after Prajwal Revanna was summoned by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is looking into the matter, to come in for interrogation. The investigation team also called Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna, who is Revanna’s father.

Revanna would be considered an “absconder” by the SIT if she did not show up for the probe agency after receiving the summons. A number of lewd recordings featuring Prajwal Revanna started to circulate in the Karnataka district of Hassan last week, sparking controversy around him. Allegations of abuse and violence were sparked by the films, which allegedly showed the 33-year-old leader engaging in sexual actions with many women. A pen drive holding 2,976 pornographic movies that were taken on a mobile phone at the Revanna homes in Bengaluru and Hassan was discovered by the authorities during the preliminary probe.

Then, based on a complaint from a woman who worked at the Revanna residence between 2019 and 2022, a FIR was filed against Revanna and his father under sections 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 509 (outraging modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code. The lady said that over the years she worked at their house, she had experienced sexual assault. Against this backdrop, on April 27, the day following the state’s Lok Sabha elections, Revanna departed for Germany. The media was informed by his father, HD Revanna, that his son would come back “if he were called for an investigation.”

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JD(S) suspends Prajwal Revanna

The Bharatiya Janata Party-JD (S) coalition had Revanna as its Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan in spite of the accusations. But as the scandal grew, the JD(S) suspended Revanna and sent him a show-cause notice on Tuesday in response to the claims of sexual assault. “We support SIT’s prosecution of Prajwal Revanna. JD(S) core committee president GT Devegowda told reporters, “We have decided to recommend our party’s national president suspend him from the party until the SIT investigation is completed.”