Woman kidnap case: Bhavani Revanna keeps SIT sleuths waiting
Hassan (Karnataka), Jun 1: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday said it could not interrogate Bhavani Revanna, mother of suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, in connection with a kidnap case as she was not present at her residence at Holenarasipura in the district.
The SIT had issued a notice to Bhavani on Thursday asking her to be present at home from 10 am to 5 pm on June 1 as there was a need to question her in the case linked to allegations of sexual abuse against her son and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.
When a team of SIT sleuths reached Bhavani’s house, ‘Chennambika Nilaya’, today she was not present.
Though the officers decided to wait till evening, she failed to turn up.
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According to sources, the SIT is now contemplating forming teams to look for her.
Meanwhile, suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal, who was arrested and sent to the custody of SIT in connection with allegations of sexual abuse of several women, denied the charges against him, the source said.
Prajwal (33) is the grandson of former PM and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda. He returned to the country from Germany on Friday and was immediately arrested by the SIT at the Bengaluru airport.
Prajwal's father H D Revanna, who is Holenarasipura MLA and Deve Gowda's son, is out on bail in the same kidnapping case.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
