SIT files charge sheet against JD(S) MLA Revanna, former MP Prajwal
Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a preliminary chargesheet against former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna and his father, HD Revanna, in connection with an alleged sex scandal. The chargesheet, which runs into 2,144 pages, has been submitted to the special court for elected representatives in Bengaluru. However, the court is yet to take cognizance of it.
The chargesheet includes statements from 150 witnesses and alleges that HD Revanna, who is also an MLA, sexually harassed a domestic help at his Holenarasipura residence over three years, starting in 2019. Prajwal Revanna is accused of raping the same woman at their Basavanagudi residence in Bengaluru. Additionally, Prajwal is charged with making video calls to the woman’s daughter, coercing her to undress while he captured images on his mobile phone.
The chargesheet also states that Prajwal attempted to destroy evidence by deleting the videos and photos, but the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) was able to recover the deleted files from his phone.
The complainant, who is reportedly a distant relative of Bhavani Revanna, the wife of HD Revanna, was employed in the Revanna household in 2019. According to her, she was subjected to repeated sexual harassment by both father and son, and was discouraged by household staff from reporting the abuse. The FIR in the case was filed on April 28, 2024, with the Holenarasipura police, naming HD Revanna as accused number one and Prajwal Revanna as the second accused.
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Karnataka HM G Parameshwara blames EVM for Cong debacle in Maharashtra, backs ballot papers
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulations led to the defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in just concluded assembly polls in Maharashtra.
While speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said the BJP does selective manipulations to convince people that there were no wrongdoings. He also wanted to go back to the paper ballots system.
The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra won a landslide victory in the assembly elections, shattering the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream to wrest power. The BJP won the highest ever 132 seats for the party, while the Shiv Sena led by Shinde bagged 57 seats and NCP won 41 seats to take the Mahayuti total to 230 seats. Congress as part of MVA won just 16 seats.
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"We analysed the Maharashtra poll outcome deeply. We felt that in many places EVMs were manipulated," Parameshwara said. He also said an obvious question would be why not it happened in Jharkhand and elsewhere. The manipulations are done selectively so that no one can question it, he blamed.
According to him, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a leading partner. Had the Congress been the leading partner, things would have changed. He backed the ballot papers saying that the same was discussed in Maharashtra Congress as well.
