India News | Case filed against Prajwal Revanna’s brother Suraj Revanna for alleged sexual assault

Hassan (Karnataka) (India), June 23 (ANI): A case has been filed against Janata Dal (Secular) MLC and HD Revanna’s son Suraj Revanna on allegations of sexual assault.

A man filed a complaint against Suraj Revanna at Holenarasipura police station in Hassan district on Saturday, alleging that he was sexually assaulted by him on his farm on June 16.

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The complaint was filed by a party worker under sections 377, 342 and 506 of the IPC.

Suraj Revanna has been charged with intentional sexual intercourse, unnatural sexual intercourse with a person, wrongful confinement of a person and criminal intimidation, the FIR said.

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“The FIR states that after noticing his (the complainant’s) work in the Lok Sabha elections, Suraj Revanna asked for his phone number and asked him to meet him whenever he was free. Suraj Revanna allegedly asked him to come to his farm in Gannikada village in Hassan. When he (the complainant) reached the farm, Suraj asked him to enter his room and locked it from inside. When he did so, Suraj allegedly sexually harassed him and later promised to help him rise in politics. When he refused, Suraj threatened him with dire consequences and told him to come to the farm whenever he called him,” the FIR said.

In his complaint, he stated that on June 17, the complainant sent an SMS about the incident to Suraj Revanna’s close aide Shivu and informed him that Suraj had ruined his life.

“But Shivu allegedly threatened him not to make the matter public and said they would offer him Rs 2 crore and a job for it. Fearing for his life, he went to Bengaluru on June 19 (Wednesday), met the Director General and submitted a written complaint. Following this, Holenarasipura Rural police station called him today to register the complaint. The complaint was registered this evening,” it said.

Suraj Revanna is the son of JD (S) MP HD Revanna and elder brother of former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is currently in police custody on separate allegations of sexual harassment of several women that rocked the state during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

This development comes just days after former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna was remanded in judicial custody by a special court in Bengaluru.

Prajwal Revanna, an accused in the obscene video case, was arrested at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru after returning to the country.

The court remanded him in custody on May 31, which continued until June 6 and later extended the detention to June 10. (ANI)

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