Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy has claimed that 25,000 pen drives with videos of women being sexually abused allegedly by his nephew, Lok Sabha election candidate Prajwal Revanna, were distributed before polls, and accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar of a conspiracy.
The former chief minister also sought to discredit the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Congress government on April 28 to probe the charges against Prajwal of sexually abusing several women after videos allegedly involving him started making the rounds on social media.
"It is not a Special Investigation Team but 'Siddaramaiah Investigation Team' and 'Shivakumar Investigation Team'," the JD(S) second-in-command, who is the son of party supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, said.
MLA H D Revanna and his son and Hassan MP Prajwal have been booked for allegedly molesting their cook. In another case, Revanna has been booked and arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Prajwal. A case of rape has also been registered against Prajwal.
Addressing a press conference here, Kumaraswamy said the pen drives were circulated by police officers who were "threatened to do it".
“It (pen drive carrying videos) was released in Bengaluru Rural constituency (where the Congress candidate in the Lok Sabha elections is D K Suresh, who is the brother of Shivakumar). This was an April 21 development. On April 22, Poornachandra, our polling agent, gave a complaint to the District Deputy Commissioner, who is the Returning Officer,” the JD(S) leader said.
“Poornachandra received a message at 8 pm on April 21 asking people to 'follow a WhatsApp channel to see Prajwal Revanna’s sleaze video'. There was a message on this WhatsApp channel, 'Countdown for the release of Prajwal’s sleaze videos'," Kumaraswamy further said.
According to Kumaraswamy, one Naveen Gowda had sent the message about the "countdown".
In his complaint to the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police of Hassan district, Poornachandra has named five people including Naveen Gowda, Karthik Gowda (Revanna’s driver), Chethan and Puttaraju alias Putty, he said.
It has been more than a fortnight since the complaint made on April 21 but no action has been taken against these five people, Kumaraswamy said and demanded that they should first be arrested for "mortgaging the modesty" of women in the videos.
Kumaraswamy alleged that 25,000 pen drives were distributed in the entire state, and cited a report in a regional daily to support his claim.
“My question here is why no action was taken. If someone posts something on social media, immediately houses are searched and the person is made to sit in the police station. Why no action was taken against these five people despite a complaint?” he asked.
"Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had confidently said that all the three JD(S) candidates in the Lok Sabha elections will be defeated," Kumaraswamy said, adding, "It raises doubts about the involvement of many people."
On April 25, Karnataka State Commission for Women Chairperson Nagalakshmi Chowdhary wrote to Siddaramaiah demanding an SIT probe into the tapes where Prajwal is allegedly seen sexually abusing several women. The same night, the CM gave his nod and ordered the formation of a SIT, Kumaraswamy said.
“In that letter, Nagalakshmi Chowdhary did not mention the name of Prajwal or Revanna but the chief minister called it ‘Prajwal Revanna’s explicit videos’ in his post on X when he announced the formation of SIT. This shows how the conspiracy was hatched,” the JD(S) leader claimed.
He also alleged that the first complaint "framing" his brother H D Revanna and nephew Prajwal was typed on a computer in Bengaluru and was sent to Holenarasipura, which is represented in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly by Revanna, on April 28.
“It’s not a Special Investigation Team but there are two teams within it – one is ‘Siddaramaiah Investigation Team’ and another one is ‘Shivakumar Investigation Team’,” he charged.
He said the ‘convenor’ of the 'pen drive story', Karthik Gowda should be traced first and brought before the people.
“Going through the conspiracies, one can doubt the intention behind the investigation because more than protecting the women victims, you are limiting the scope of the probe only to defame people,” Kumaraswamy further alleged.
He underlined that he was not trying to protect anyone. “I have said that in this case I will not protect anyone doing wrong. Stringent punishment should be given to the person involved in this crime as per the law of land."
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Ya ya rightly said bopanna...90% of rapes world wide done by them only ..mustapanna ...piece kabab country kananna adu ...
Third rated person from third rated community ...he must be sent for 5 years jail...in their community women are treated as property ...no voice and no respect for opinion ...jail that rapist ..ley sheikh koorappa saaku ...u don't have any rights to say that. .....frustration yaargappa sameee...jihadists are highly frustrated across the globe ...India dallanthu ..burnol sales day by day jaasthine agtha ide...Russians are banging kaali plate of Islamic state ...Islamic banana republic of porkistan are banged up by RAW ,Chinese are banging third rated in people and asking them to shave their beards ..turkey itself getting banged front and back ...no need to say about Israelis ..haha ..Israel hesru helidre ...loose motion suru Agathe jihadi galige ..haha ..adu bidi maarre ...papa the Jana Myanmar navaru jihadi gala attahaasavannu end madlikke rohingya galanna odistha iddare ..mostly bunder nalli iro bunder galige artha agalla ..yaake Andre avakke tale ne tirgalla ..tale yaake tirgalla Andre mallya juice haakalla ...haha...baa maams siddu has brought down on tax on wine...neenu hodi .sheikh GU haaksu ...burnol ge haako dudnslli swalpa karch maadi aitha ?...haha
.... But still, islum has more rapists and thrives per 100 of population .....
Aslum gussa mat Ho ! Islam is full of peas ! Happy ?
Bopanna,
Just shut your mouth, in each religion, each city, each country there is good and bad people, it doesn't mean what you barking!! Senseless fellow...
At what age did wish a get married ?
BhaiLog, sach kadva hots hai.
Why u lot barking when u hear the truth ? Look at most rapes who is behind it ? In Kerala one girl killed by whom ? ANWAR UL ISLAM !!!
Bopanna is your name is named by your parents? or r u shamed of your name which your parents named you and you changed yourself? Dont be shamed show your identity so all can know wich material ur made up from.. May god give you some knowledge and peace.. follower of frustated party... haha
Bopanna: be matured, go through all the crime incidents and please dont try to climb for religious status. Mr Bopanna(its not your real name) might you are working and getting salary from religious of peace people's country) why cant you get out from KSA??? BE WELL MATURED BEFORE COMMENT.
@Bopanna. If you judge a BMW car by the driver of it, then your perception is not correct.
follower of piece is namo naresh !
The minute I read the heading I was thinking that this guy must be the
Follower of the \religion of peace\". As expected from you guys anyway"
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