BENGALURU, May 31, 2024 (TBINN)
Suspended Janta Dal (S) M.P. Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was interrogated after the Special Investigation Team (S.I.T.) arrested him as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in the wee hours of today.
The 33-year-old M.P., who arrived from Munich, was taken to the C.I.D. Office for interrogation, sources in the S.I.T. said.
The S.I.T. will produce him before the Special Court and is likely to seek police custody to further interrogate him.
Security was tightened at the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital here in view of Prajwal’s arrival for various medical tests including blood pressure, blood-sugar-level and cardiac health. The S.I.T. is also contemplating a potency test on Prajwal in due course of time, sources said.
A potency test is done to ascertain that a rape accused is capable of committing sexual assault on victims.
The Special Court for Public Representatives will also hear the bail plea of Prajwal and his mother Bhavani Revanna today.
Speaking about Prajwal’s arrest and subsequent follow-up action by the police, state’s Home Minister G. Parameshwara said, “Prajwal Revanna landed around 12.40 A.M. to 12:50 A.M. from Germany’s Munich, as there was an Arrest Warrant against him. The S.I.T. accordingly arrested him and took him into custody. They will follow further legal procedures.”
Before reaching Bengaluru from Munich, the Hassan M.P. made a last attempt to avoid arrest and had moved the court seeking bail.
Prajwal faces three sexual abuse cases, while his mother has sought anticipatory bail in an alleged kidnapping case. Though Bhavani is not an accused in the case, S.I.T. has reportedly desired to investigate her role.
In the same case, Bhavani’s husband and Holenarasipura M.L.A. H.D. Revanna, who is former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s son, was arrested and later released on bail. He is also an accused of sexually harassing the cook of his house, who was also sexually abused by his son Prajwal.
The 33-year-old Prajwal, grandson of Deve Gowda and the Bhartiya Janta Party-J.D.(S) alliance candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, is facing charges of sexually abusing many women. He has been, so far, booked in three cases of sexual assault.
Prajwal left for Germany on April 27, 2024, a day after Hassan went to polls. A ‘Blue Corner Notice’ seeking information on his whereabouts was issued by the Interpol earlier, following a request by the S.I.T. via Central Bureau of Investigation.
The M.P., terming the cases against him as false and alleging political conspiracy, had said in a video statement issued earlier this week that he had gone into depression. He had also filed an Anticipatory Bail Plea at Principal City and Sessions Court for Elected Representatives on May 29, 2024, which issued a notice to the S.I.T. to file objections, before posting the hearing for today.
Notanly, the scandal has raised a political storm with the ruling Congress and B.J.P.-J.D. (S) engaged in a slugfest.
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