Suraj Revanna arrested: JDS MLC and Prajwal Revanna’s brother arrested for alleged unnatural sexual intercourse with a party worker

Hassan, June 23: JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna — the brother of former MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually assaulting several women — was arrested on Sunday on charges of “unnatural offences” against him, police sources said. He was arrested on Saturday on charges of sexually assaulting a woman party worker a few days ago and has been booked under various sections of the IPC, including “unnatural offences”.

Suraj was questioned overnight at the CEN police station here before being arrested, the sources said. A 27-year-old man had complained to the police that Suraj Revanna, the eldest son of Holenarasipura MP HD Revanna, sexually assaulted him at his farm in Ghannikada on June 16. Based on the complaint, the Holenarasipura police registered a case against the JD(S) MP under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful deprivation of liberty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC late on Saturday night. Sexual assault case: JDS MLC Suraj Revanna, brother of Prajwal Revanna, arrested for sodomy against party workers.

However, Suraj Revanna (37), grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and nephew of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, has categorically denied these allegations. Suraj had also alleged that the man had filed a false complaint against him to extort Rs 50 crore from him. On Friday, the police registered an extortion case against the JD(S) worker based on a complaint filed by Suraj Revanna’s close aide Shivakumar.

Shivakumar had alleged that the party worker tried to extort money from Suraj Revanna by threatening to file a false sexual assault complaint against him. It is alleged that the man initially demanded Rs 5 crore from Suraj Revanna, later the amount was reduced to Rs 2 crore. Suraj’s brother and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna is in police custody for allegedly sexually harassing several women. He was arrested last month after returning from Germany. Suraj Revanna, brother of Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually abusing a JD(S) worker; complaint filed against complainant for ‘attempt at extortion’.

Prajwal, who lost his Lok Sabha seat in Hassan, was arrested on May 31 soon after returning from Germany, where he was in hiding after charges of rape and intimidation were levelled against him. Her father HD Revanna and mother Bhavani are out on bail on charges of abducting and holding an alleged victim of her son Prajwal’s sexual assault.

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