Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Shivakumar said, JD(S) leaders and their alliance partner BJP are competent to comment on the Prajwal Revanna issue, and questioned as to why they are not speaking.
Revanna has sought for lesser punishment as a Special Court in Bengaluru is slated to pronounce the quantum of sentence after convicting the 34-year-old former MP in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases registered against him.
During the trial, the court examined Revanna and all 26 witnesses. Both the prosecution and defence presented their arguments based on the contents of the chargesheet.
According to police, the second case against Prajwal Revanna was filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on May 1 after a 44-year-old former member of the Hassan Zilla Panchayat accused him of repeatedly raping her.
The first complaint against the father-son duo was registered based on a complaint by the domestic help at their residence.
He was produced before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court judge after his four-day Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody ended today
Prajwal is facing charges of sexually abusing several women and making explicit videos
Suraj Revanna, 37, was summoned for questioning at the Holenarasipura Rural police station, where he was interrogated for several hours before being arrested.
Last week, the court had remanded the former MP to the custody of the special investigation team (SIT) till June 18.
Suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP Revanna, facing sexual-abuse allegations, was remanded in police custody on Friday, hours after he was arrested by a Bengaluru Police team on his return from Germany.
A Bengaluru court on May 31 remanded rape former Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leader Prajwal Revanna to Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody till June 6
Prajwal was arrested at the early hours of Friday by the SIT, minutes after he arrived from Germany.
The JD(S) supremo had reiterated that his grandson should be given the harshest punishment under the law "if found guilty". Prajwal's uncle and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy too had repeatedly appealed to his nephew to return to the country from abroad and face the probe.
The 33-year-old Prajwal, grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former PM H D Deve Gowda and the BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, is facing charges sexually abusing many women.
Prajwal Revanna, who left for Germany after alleged sex tapes featuring him surfaced, reportedly boarded the flight from Munich for Bengaluru.
The statement comes two days after Prajwal released a video statement promising that he would appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the cases against him, on May 31.
Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual harrassment charges, said in a self-made video that he will appear before the SIT on May 31 for questioning.
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If the passport is cancelled, then Prajwal's stay abroad will be illegal and he may face legal action by authorities concerned in the country he is staying.
Official sources said that the MEA has received a letter from the Karnataka government seeking revocation of Revanna's diplomatic passport.
Responding to a query on BJP leader and advocate G Devaraje Gowda’s allegations that Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar is behind the circulation of pen drive containing explicit videos involving Prajwal Revanna, Gowda said, Kumaraswamy will respond to all of this.
The FIR was registered against Devaraje Gowda, who is an advocate, on April 1 but it has come to light only recently after his whistleblowing in the Prajwal Revanna case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to issue a Blue Corner notice against suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing women
In his letter, Rahul Gandhi condemned the actions of Prajwal Revanna and requested the Karnataka CM to extend all possible support to the sexual assault victims.
A lookout notice has reportedly been issued against the incumbent JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sexual abuse allegations against him