JD(S) MLA Revanna arrested from Deve Gowda’s house in kidnapping case | TheBengaluruLive – Bengaluru/Bangalore News

Bengaluru: Karnataka JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was arrested on Saturday by sleuths of a special investigation team in a kidnap case related to sexual abuse allegations against his son Prajwal. He was arrested soon after a court here rejected his anticipatory bail plea, officials said.

The former minister was picked up from the Padmanabhanagar residence of his father, JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, here and taken to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) office.

The case was registered in Mysuru on Thursday evening against Revanna, a former minister, and his confidant Sathish Babanna for allegedly kidnapping a woman.

The case was registered on a complaint filed by the woman’s son, who also alleged that his mother was sexually assaulted by Revanna’s son and BJP-JD(S) candidate for Hassan Lok Sabha seat Prajwal Revanna.

Babanna has already been arrested in connection with the case.

The woman was allegedly kidnapped to prevent her from testifying against Prajwal, police sources said.

Revanna was charged under sections 364(a) (kidnapping for ransom, etc.), 365 (kidnapping or kidnapping with intent to secretly and falsely confine a person) and 34 (the acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of Indian criminal law. Code.

Revanna was later taken to Bowring Hospital here for medical examination.

Seeking interim bail in the case, Revanna approached the Special Court for Elected Representatives, which rejected his plea on Saturday.

Revanna’s lawyers promised the court that he would attend the interrogation by the SIT if the bail plea was granted. However, the SIT officer objected to his bail application.

On Saturday, police officials rescued the kidnapped woman from a farmhouse allegedly belonging to an aide of Revanna at Kalenahalli village in Hunsur Taluk of Mysuru district.

So far, two FIRs have been registered against Revanna.

The first case was registered against Revanna and son Prajwal on Sunday for alleged sexual harassment at Holenarsipura police station in Hassan district, based on a complaint by a woman who worked at Revanna’s house.

The second FIR was registered in Mysuru on Thursday evening against Revanna and his confidant Sathish Babanna for allegedly kidnapping a woman, who is also allegedly a victim of sexual abuse.

Explicit video clips allegedly involving 33-year-old Prajwal, grandson of Deve Gowda, have been doing the rounds in Hassan for the past few days, following which the state government constituted an SIT to probe the alleged sexual assault allegations against the MP.

The sexual assault allegations have become a major campaign story in the Lok Sabha elections, with the Congress and the BJP-JD(S) locked in a political blame game.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led the attack on the Congress, claiming that Prajwal had fled the country under the “nose” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. He also asked Modi to apologize for seeking votes for a ‘mass rapist’, alleging that Prajwal had sexually assaulted nearly 400 women.

Prime Minister Siddaramaiah has urged the Prime Minister to revoke Prajwal’s diplomatic passport.

BJP has rejected the charge and distanced itself from the episode, stating that it involved only the MP and the law will take its course.

In a counter-attack, Shah accused the Siddaramaiah government of allowing Prajwal to leave the country by not taking timely action.

The second phase of elections in 14 constituencies in Karnataka will take place on May 7.

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