Prajwal Revanna sex scandal case: Karnataka police may file three more charge sheets

Prajwal Revanna (file image)

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a charge sheet on August 23 against Prajwal Revanna, former Member of Parliament, for rape, and against his father, MLA HD Revanna, for sexual harassment. According to a News18 report, three additional charge sheets would be filed against Prajwal Revanna.

The JDS MP is alleged to have sexually assaulted 56 women, and so far, four of his victims have filed complaints against him.

The charge sheet, submitted in a special court for public representatives on August 23, pertains to one of the cases involving alleged sexual assault on a domestic help of the family.

The SIT said the over 2,000-page charge sheet comprises the statements of about 150 witnesses. It also contains spot inspection, biological, physical, scientific, mobile, digital and other relevant evidence that was gathered.

Further, expert opinion was taken before filing the charge sheet, the SIT said.

While Revanna, who is the son of former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda, has been charged under section 354 and 354 (A) of the IPC, his 33-year-old son Prajwal has been booked under sections 376, 376 (2)(K), 354, 354(A) and 354(B) of the IPC.

Prajwal had contested the recent Lok Sabha election as an NDA candidate from Hassan and lost.

Ahead of the second phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 26, a huge cache of explicit videos reportedly emerged on social media showing many women being sexually assaulted, allegedly by Prajwal.

Following this, Chairperson of Karnataka State Commission for Women Nagalakshmi Chowdhary sought an inquiry and wrote to the Congress government, which then ordered an investigation.