The Karnataka police booked Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna on rape charges on Thursday, and have issued a lookout circular against the “absconding” MP a day after he failed to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing his alleged sexual crimes.
His father and former Minister H.D. Revanna, who also skipped the SIT summons on Thursday, approached the special court seeking anticipatory bail.
The charges against the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda were filed after a second woman filed a complaint that she was “coerced to have sexual relationship” with him. Based on the complaint, Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, that deals with rape, has been invoked against the MP. He has previously been booked for sexual harassment on the basis of another woman’s complaint on April 28. His father has also been named in the first charge.
