SIT Files 2,144 Page Chargesheet Against Prajwal Revanna

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police has filed a chargesheet in the first of the four cases against former Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) MP Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna.

In an official statement, the SIT has said that a 2,144-page chargesheet has been filed and submitted to the Special People’s Court in Bengaluru.

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The chargesheet was prepared after carrying out an extensive investigation, questioning over 150 witnesses, and documenting the statements of both victims and witnesses. It also included details about the crime scenes and locations.

“The SIT carried out an extensive investigation into the case, questioning over 150 witnesses and documenting the statements of both victims and witnesses under section 164 of the CrPC, including details about the crime scenes and locations,” the SIT said after submitting the chargesheet.

The multiple cases of sexual assault came into light when the private videos by the former MP himself, documenting the crime on his mobile phones, surfaced in the public domain.

The case, in which the chargesheet has been filed, is connected to the FIR registered by the Holenarasipura Town Police. It concerns the sexual harassment of a cook and her daughter by Prajwal Revanna and his father, JDS MLA H D Revanna.

So far, four women have accused Prajwal Revanna of rape. One woman used to work in Prajwal’s house and she is also a relative of Bhavani Revanna, Prajwal’s mother. His father has also been accused of sexually harassing her. Later, SIT registered another FIR for assaulting the woman’s daughter.

A former public official and JD(S) party worker filed a complaint with the police alleging that Prajwal had raped her at gunpoint at the MP quarters in Hassan town. He had allegedly threatened to destroy her husband’s political career as well, reports The NewsMinute.

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Prajwal Revanna is accused of using his position of power to similarly sexually assault those who have been named a witness in the Holenarasipura case.

“He filmed all the acts on the mobile phone he was using at that time,” SIT stated, and the investigation revealed that “he had destroyed the electronic evidence in the phones.”