1. Trouble mounts for father-son duo: Rape case against Prajwal Revanna, kidnapping case against H.D. Revanna
In the rape case registered against Prajwal Revanna in Bengaluru on May 1, a 44-year-old political worker has accused the Hassan MP of raping her in his official quarters in Hassan city in 2021. The complainant told the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that the JD(S) leader allegedly threatened to kill her and her husband if she did not cooperate before raping her at the MP quarters in Hassan city in 2021. She alleged that Prajwal Revanna recorded the sexual act on his phone and blackmailed her with the footage, forcing her to have sex with him multiple times between January 1, 2021, and April 25, 2024.
Meanwhile, his father and former Minister H.D. Revanna has now been booked for kidnapping one of the alleged victims sexually abused by Prajwal. The alleged victim earlier worked as a maid in H. D. Revanna’s household for six years. A video of her being ‘raped’ by Prajwal Revanna is in circulation, police sources said. Read The Hindu’s complete coverage of the case here.
