MLC Suraj Revanna, accused of sexually abusing a man, remanded in custody for 14 days

Suraj was arrested from Holenarasipura police station in Hassan district on Saturday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman party worker a few days ago. He was arrested under various sections of the IPC, including “unnatural offences”.

Suraj was questioned all night at the CEN police station in Hassan before being arrested this morning, the sources said, adding that he was later taken to the Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) for a medical examination.

A 27-year-old man had filed a complaint with the police that Suraj Revanna, the eldest son of Holenarasipura MP HD Revanna, sexually assaulted him on June 16 at his farm in Ghannikada.

Based on the complaint, the Holenarasipura police registered a case against the JD(S) MLC under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful deprivation of liberty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) late on Saturday night.

However, Suraj Revanna (37), the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and nephew of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, has categorically denied these allegations.

Suraj also claimed that the man had filed a “false complaint” to extort Rs 50 million from him.

On Friday, 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 abuse case against him.

It is alleged that Suraj Revanna’s husband demanded Rs 5 crore but the amount was later reduced to Rs 2 crore. PTI KSU ANE

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