JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna arrested for alleged sexual abuse of party worker

JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna – the brother of former MP Prajwal Revanna who is facing allegations of sexual abuse of several women – was arrested on Sunday on charges of “unnatural offences” against him, police sources said.

He was arrested on Saturday for allegedly 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 interrogated overnight at the CEN police station here before being arrested, the sources said.

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), grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and nephew of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, categorically denied the allegations. Suraj had also alleged that the man had filed a false complaint against him to extort Rs 50 crore 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 complaint of sexual assault against him.

It is alleged that the man demanded ₹5 crore from Suraj Revanna, later it was reduced to ₹2 Crores.

Suraj’s brother and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna is in police custody on charges of sexually harassing several women and was arrested last month after returning from Germany.

Prajwal, who lost his Hassan seat in the Lok Sabha, was arrested on May 31, shortly after his return from Germany, where he had been hidden after charges of rape and intimidation were leveled against him.

Her father HD Revanna and mother Bhavani are out on bail on charges of kidnapping and holding an alleged victim of sexual assault by her son Prajwal.