Suspended JDS chief Prajwal Revanna is the outgoing MP from Karnataka’s Hassan seat.
Bengaluru:
Suspended Janata Dal Secular chief and rape-accused MP Prajwal Revanna – arrested this morning from Bengaluru airport on his return from Germany – has been despatched to police custody until June 6.
Revanna was taken into custody from Kempegowda Airport at 12.45 am by a three-member workforce of feminine cops. The transfer to have ladies arrest Revanna was hailed by ex-Bengaluru high cop-turned-politician Ok Bhaskar Rao, who referred to as it a “optimistic signal the robust ladies in Karnataka’s police drive won’t solely take care of the perpetrator however ship a powerful message to a whole lot of girls… “
Following his arrest Revanna was taken to a metropolis hospital for a routine medical check-up, after which he was offered earlier than the court docket for a remand listening to. The cops had sought custody for 14 days.
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The police stated they needed time to look at the cell phone – from which voice samples might be despatched for forensic evaluation – and baggage seized on the airport, in addition to “incriminating materials” gathered from a raid on his residence in Hassan. Revanna might be taken to Hassan at a later date.
His attorneys contested the interval of custody; they argued sooner or later was greater than sufficient.
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On Thursday a particular court docket rejected Revanna’s anticipatory bail request.
Prajwal Revanna Case Recap
Prajwal Revanna had fled to Germany lower than every week after the primary of a number of movies of girls compelled into intercourse acts made headlines. He left India on a diplomatic passport, courtesy his standing as an MP.
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Revanna is the outgoing MP from Hassan, a seat that he might win once more – this time with assist from the JDS’ new ally, the BJP – when outcomes are declared on Tuesday.
The Congress authorities in Karnataka has been battling to drive his return since, accusing the BJP of defending a rival by delaying requests to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport.
The centre has hit again on the declare by stating it acquired a request solely on Could 21 and had acted inside 48 hours, issuing a show-cause discover to Revanna. The reference was to a letter from the investigating police workforce to the Exterior Affairs Ministry. No point out has been product of two letters that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated he had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s workplace.
The BJP has distanced itself from Revanna. Its state unit boss, S Prakash, stated, “We, as a celebration, don’t have anything to do with the movies and neither do we’ve any feedback to make…”
Since fleeing to Germany, Revanna has made two public statements.
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On Monday Revanna launched a video assertion on X through which he stated, “I apologise to my mother and father… I used to be in despair (over political rivals’ assaults on the intercourse assault fees). I’ll seem (earlier than the police workforce) on Could 31. I’ll cooperate to the most effective of my talents… I’ve the blessings of God…”
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That was after a ‘warning’ from HD Deve Gowda, his grandfather, JDS patriarch, and former Prime Minister, who instructed him to return to India and give up, or “face your loved ones’s anger…”
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On April 27 – six days after the allegations surfaced, and a day after voting in Hassan – Revanna boarded a flight to Munich on the again of his diplomatic passport. On the identical day, he posted a press release on X; he solely stated “reality will prevail quickly” and made no point out of the fees.
A day later the ruling Congress fashioned a particular police workforce primarily based on complaints from the state’s Girls’s Fee, and the primary case was filed. Since then two others have been registered with Revanna as an accused, together with one naming his father, HD Revanna, as the principle accused.
Expenses In opposition to Prajwal Revanna
One case was filed on April 28 in Hassan through which a 47-year-old former maid has alleged sexual assault and exploitation. HD Revanna was arrested in reference to this case as the first accused, and rape fees had been added in opposition to his son at a later stage.
The second was registered by the cops on Could 1; a 44-year-old girl – who could also be a JDS employee – has accused Revanna of raping her a number of occasions, together with at the very least as soon as at gunpoint.
The third was filed on Could 3 and a 60-year-old girl has accused Prajwal Revanna of rape.
Prajwal Revanna has denied all fees in opposition to him and has claimed a conspiracy by his rivals.
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