Bengaluru, May 5: In a major development, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sex video scandal involving JD-S MP Prajwal Revann on Saturday arrested his father and JD-S MLA H.D. Revanna following the rejection of his anticipatory bail plea in a victim kidnapping case by the People’s Representative Court in Bengaluru.
H.D. Revanna was taken into custody from the residence of his father and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda in Bengaluru’s Padmanabhanagar locality.
First, he was taken to the SIT office on the premises of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). After preliminary questioning, the former JD-S minister was taken to the Bowring Hospital for a medical check-up.
Sources said he will be produced before the magistrate at the latter's residence later.
Commenting on the development, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told mediapersons that he won’t interfere in the matter.
“Action should be initiated as per the law,” he said.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said, “We will not interfere in anything related to this matter. Let them get protection from the court under the law."
Shivakumar also said that let the proceedings follow the manner suggested by former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy.
Quoting a Kannada proverb, Kumaraswamy had said that those who commit crime must be punished.
The SIT officers reached the former PM’s residence soon after the court turned down his anticipatory bail plea in a case related to the kidnapping of a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by his son Prajwal Revanna, the sources said.
Earlier on Saturday, the SIT traced the kidnapped woman to the farmhouse of Rajashekar, the personal assistant (PA) to H.D. Revanna, at Kalenahalli village in Mysuru district.
In the court, Special Public Prosecutor B.N. Jagadish submitted that the case is about saving the life of a poor woman.
Jagadish argued that H.D. Revanna did not turn up before the authorities even after being served three notices.
Senior counsel Muthy D. Naik, appearing for H.D. Revanna, argued that the only allegation against his client is a statement that he had called the victim to his residence.
Barring this, there is nothing to prove the role of H.D. Revanna in this case, he argued, adding that the statement was made by an accused in the case, with whom his client has no connections.
He also claimed that the SIT has deliberately added IPC Section 364A, which attracts life imprisonment and capital punishment, to ensure that his client’s bail plea is rejected.
The other IPC Sections invoked in the case — 363 and 365 — attract imprisonment of less than seven years. Therefore, to prove the innocence of H.D. Revanna, he should be granted bail, Naik submitted.
Meanwhile, the woman, who had gone missing on April 29, was found locked up in the farmhouse when the SIT officers reached there following a tip-off.
Sources said Rajashekar is absconding ever since the SIT traced the missing woman to his farmhouse.
The woman is being brought to Bengaluru where her statement will be recorded.
On Friday, Karnataka Police registered an FIR against H.D. Revanna in connection with the kidnapping of the woman, believed to be one of the victims of the sex video scandal involving his son Prajwal Revanna.
The woman’s son had registered a kidnap case naming H.D. Revanna as the prime accused in the case.
His relative Satish Babu was named as the second accused in the FIR, whom the police arrested from Mysuru district on Friday.
The woman’s son alleged that his mother went missing after the surfacing of a purported sex video in which Prajwal Revanna could be seen sexually assaulting her.
He also alleged that his mother was locked up in an undisclosed location, as he pleaded with the police to initiate legal action against H.D. Revanna and Satish Babu.
Prajwal Revanna, the sitting JD-S MP from Hassan, has reportedly fled from the country.
Comments
Mr Rikaz , Sarva shakthimaan modi does not have manthra danda to chance poverty overnight ... it is becoz muslims backed congress country is like this , they did all mess .. citizens responsibility is also there man , do you know how much percentage of muslim community pays tax ? why your communities represenation is less in army ? did anyone stop u . who is giving religion as excuse for population increase and demsnding more benefits ... teetege maklu huttisi govt benefit kodtha illa annodu bidi ... FYI ... as per major institutes poverty level is falling in india and purchasing power of Indian has gone up . there is a silent revolution happening ... padubidri ge bandaaga sigappa ... lecture kodthini ... sumne dont talk with fake facts ...
poverty also raises if u confine women at home ... In china and other countries woman work , why muslim countries fail on that front ? it is the same reason . chennagi odsi , amele beda kanammi population jaasthi maadana antha maneli confine maadidre apparanege desha uddaraga agalla ... nimma fear enu annodu gottu ... 50-60% of muslim gals who have studied well and working in top companies have non muslim spouse or bf . it is the fact u cannot deny it .it might not be in that nos in mangalore . but certainly in big cities .even here in singapore and malaysia .
Naren, poverty is there everywhere in the world and our India is not away from it, 23% of the population comes under this line, there is no proper plan with government to overcome that situation....Modi is thinking day and night about richest of this country and doing good favor for them....
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hahaha land owner ? give me a break ... hogappa .. yaarla ninge ee kathe heldovru ...madrasa kaji heli kottidda ... owner anthe owner ,.muchkondu kooru guru kandideevi ... how ur community back stabbed everyone and how they took advantage of disunity among us .. yella gothu ... dalits and muslim combination ? hahaha ... i will tell u one story , there was a dalit leader by name MR MONDAL , He was staunch follower of suhrawardi and jinna .trusting their words he convinced his community members in present day bangladesh and merged one big district with bangladesh . he was offered minister post in pakistan . but within 2-3 years true colors came out . dalits were given either choice of converting or leave . he ultimately left bangladesh and pak and settled back in india ... hahaha .... this news i read in dawn . pakistani portal . do you want me to post the link mama ? it shows who are back stabbers ....
dear mr kazi , dog is famous for niyath kanree . its okay we are dogs for this land ... ee desha da uppu tindideevi ... so we owe loyalty to this land ... where as nimma hanebaraha yenree .. ummah word nalle confusion ... look at namak haram works done by rashtradrohis .. 99% yaaru anthane helbakagilla alva :) hahahaha... adsari madrasa kazi ne comment haakodu nodidre ... papa avra students yaav range ge brain drain agirbeku antha gothha gutte .. hahaha
Rikaz , kumda accelerate ... nearly 35 countries of of 56 islamic countries are in deep poverty , 10-12 countries have civil war happening ..ummah is totally confused .. indian muslims are totally confused too ... ummah army lead by pakistani general ... if u support it .. it means u r supporting pak ...Indonesian economy in brink , Chinese are taking over , Pakistan is being taken over by chinese ... malaysia controlled by chinese ...brunei is just a playboy state ... ur community members are getting kicked in middle east ... our iron brothers of israel is a big thorn there ... only turkey was bit stable ... but allu bomb blastu ... saudi athi sheegradalle deevali ... arabs shakes are planning their economy around mekka and madinah only as they dont posses technology to produce .. oil bitre maklu huttisodu ishtu bitre kumda nu gottilla ... accelerate anthe aceelerate ... go and check human development index and no of science graduates and tech companies in ur muslim countries ... talk with facts ... dont argue with me by holding fake data and point message at me ...
Dear Naren our population is only 20% despite being the owner of Indian land for about 1000 years that proves we were most seculars, tolerant and peaceful. When you came out from your cave with chaddi to support BJP & Modi for killing thousands of innocent Muslims in Gujarat we understood your true color. You can not fool Muslims and Dalits anymore. Stop hiding behind secular cover. Sooner or later India will be united against RSS and their affiliated terrorists'?outfits and will be cornered and finally destroyed with help of Indian Army In sh Allah.
Government of Karnataka should disqualify RSS affiliated / trained Police officials once for all. All Government departments must implement desaffronization process to keep country clean and secular.
Narianna .... it is true that Democracy has given right of barking to dogs... That is why DOGS are barking from Singapore.
If the school management objects the dress of the students, it is understood... Why these road goons / dogs are questioning... It is not their fathers college ... It is better to debar all students who question the dress of other students..
Naren, world wide Muslim power is accelerating which your sangh pariwar cannot tolerate....I think you guys needed burnol or itch guard more than anybody...Eat some cow dung that will give you relief from itches and burning sensation...
Dear Papu,
Why groupism?
Why names like KFD or BD?
Why not universal brotherhood?
We all need to start making individual efforts to build right and truthful society for the future generation. Groupism will take us no where.
Our act should guide the next generation to righteous and truthful path.
JAI HIND.
nationalist sanghis hahahahahahahahahah, this will be the best joke of the universe, no one ever can over take this joke in the world.
You can be universal comedian
hahahahahahahahah, anti nationalist=RSS who helped british during indo british war, your founder is such a hypocrite that he didnt even wanted to fight for independence and you call yourself nationalist hahahahah
I request to shimoga SP to register SUO MOTO case against chaddi user of this portal too for spreading hatred against ISLAM and true nationalist MUSLIMS by twisting comments. CD has saved from rape and murder of the journalism.
JAI CD and Journalism. keep going.
Viren Kotian, Mumbai
Who the hell is nationalist Sangh Parivar ???? Best joker award goes to You !!!
Sangh parivar is not nationalist they are anti nationalists. Terrorists.
@ Well wisher.....dont blame KFD ...while blaming BD...those are differenct things.....BD is infamous for raping flaming fighting...insulting which you do not see in KFD .......dont be secular while blaming BD. if you want to blame then blame only BD not
Viren bhai , that is not needed , becoz through this media , their frustration is coming out and we can enjoy burnol users mujra :) , i really love madarsa products comments , u know to be frank ... many of my friends who were secular hindus , they thought only we sangh parivar guys are doing all nonsense ... after following up with this type of website , their thinking now has changed . this type of news medias are needed for raise of sangh parivar bhai ... we must believe in converting negative to positive ... demoracy gives even dogs to bark , let everyone enjoy within the constitution framework . bjp is spreading across nation becoz of social media , thats what we need ... Long live BJP ... bholo bharath mata ki jai ... hara hara modi ... Viren bhai ,ask your friends to start burnol and itch guard business ... too much demand nowadays in some pockets of karnataka ...that too after demonitization and ban on triple talak ... sales barjari untu maarre . hahaha
Mr sensible , yes exactly so to kill 60 people in Godhra , your community brought up nearly 10,000 for just killing women and kids .. shame on your people .we know how 100,000 strong mob attacked kashmiri pundith women and aged people and took away their daughters .you people speak as if people dont know the facts . we also know in shimogga , how PFI brought in 15000 people to create riots .we know who are cowards .
I request Shivamogga SP to register a suo motu case against this news portal too for spreading hatred against Hindus and nationalist Sangh Parivar by twisting reports. CD has raped and murdered all ethics of journalism.
Prakash, don't instigate, if you can, stop ABVP from creating puss and nonsense around there....what is the need for them to create problems for muslim women around.....dont they have mother and sisters at home....it is every Muslim women's right and duty to go according to Islamic way of life....education institution is there to learn and educate ourselves....but not to create problems around....
prakash, bangalore/shimogga
Saku marre saaku. You guys not only need BD but also need Cigarette, Ganja, Heroin.
So the BD & ABVP has now started assaulting Muslim girls?? If strong action is not taken now, they will be emboldened to do more. Why is the police not taking action against those who assaulted Muslim women? Looks like Karanataka Police is under the influence of Sangh Parivar as well. If the Police encourages such behaviour, they shouldn't be surprised if someone takes the law into their own hands
Prakash, Why do we need help of BD, or for Muslims KFD or any other moral policing group every time. Why cant we support the right and do the right things. Why blame the communities always. If we Practice right things in our life and support that what is right... then we will never want any support from anyone.
Be proud to be right and truthful and always support the right fact.
Satya Mev Jayate - JAI HIND
prakash.. BD is group of rats..who will be the first to run if they see any other big group .. they can attack with 20-25 ppl on a small group of 3-4. cowards
This is why we need BD . Bajrang dal should intervene immediately , muslim community is doing all nonsense stuff nowadays they are turning our peaceful district of shimogga into islamic district .They re taking advantage of local cong ministers and MLAs . wish we have robust sangh parivar network like our dk and udupi.
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