Hassan sex scandal: SIT to forensically analyse pen drives

State Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara said that internally, the SIT has been communicated with a time frame to submit the report.

Bengaluru: Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Monday said that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to probe the alleged sex scandal involving incumbent Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna will forensically analyse the pen drives containing the purported videos.

Speaking with reporters at his Sadashiva Nagar residence, the Home Minister said that internally, the SIT has been communicated with a time frame to submit the report.

“If the investigation is left open-ended, it will be dragged on for years,” Parameshwara said. “Internally, they have been communicated for a report by 10 or 15 days. In incidents like this, we can’t ask them for a report tomorrow or the day after.”

Parameshwara said that since there is information on Prajwal being out of the country, he would have to be brought back for the probe.

“The government won’t be involved in it and the SIT has been given complete freedom. They will seize the pen drives and send them to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for analysis.”