Wednesday, May 15

Hassan Sex Videos Scandal: Case Filed Against Deva Gowda’s Grandson

Edited by Hiba Anvar

Amid the video scandal, a woman has filed a case against the Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna over alleged sexual assault. The police have said a First Information Report (FIR) has been filed with Holenarasipur police station in Hassan district. 

As per the reports, amid the huge row over purported obscene videos, Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna has fled the country even before the Karnataka government ordered to form of a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the sex scandal involving Hassan MP. He left for Germany on Saturday.

Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime minister HD Deve Gowda, has denied all the allegations and filed a complaint too, saying the obscene videos in circulation were morphed.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that they will form a new special investigation team to look into the obscene videos case. This decision has been taken following the state women’s commission recommended the state government take action. 

The chief minister while speaking on the issue said that the obscene videos that are circulating in the Hassan district, where it appears that women have been sexually assaulted. 

In the FIR filed, the woman has alleged that she was sexually abused multiple times between 2019 and 2022. The complaint will be sent to the new SIT. As per the sources, more women are likely to come forward to file cases. 

Meanwhile, the saffron party has distanced themselves from Prajwal Revanna amid the controversy. “We, as a party, have nothing to do with the videos and neither do we have any comments to make on the SIT probe announced by the state government into the alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal Revanna,” BJP state spokesperson S Prakash said, reports NDTV.

Prajwal Revanna was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, where voting was held in the second phase on April 26.