Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna being taken out of Bengaluru court by Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday.
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Prajwal Revanna was detained by the SIT upon his return to India last night.
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After evading arrest for over a month, JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna was finally arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the early hours of Friday in connection with the Hassan sex abuse case.
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Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna
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The SIT will conduct preliminary questioning and confiscate his electronic devices, passport and documents. Prajwal will be notified of the charges against him. Since he is an MP, the SIT will also notify the Lok Sabha Speaker and his family.
Prajwal will undergo a detailed medical examination and be produced before the court within 24 hours.
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A half-burned poster of JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna.
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Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was interrogated after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) arrested him as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in the wee hours of Friday.
The 33-year-old MP, who arrived from Munich, was taken to the CID office for interrogation, sources in the SIT said.
The SIT is also contemplating a potency test on Prajwal.
The Special Court for Public Representatives will hear the bail plea of Prajwal and his mother Bhavani Revanna on Friday.
"SIT officials will do what they have to do according to the law. We have gone on record earlier stating that the victims should come before the SIT," the Karnataka Home Minister added.
File photo of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.
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The Karnataka SIT on Friday issued a notice to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of suspended JD(S) MP and Hassan sex abuse accused Prajwal Revanna, for questioning in a case registered under IPC sections 64(A), 365, 109, 120(B).
The SIT has asked her to be present at her house in Holenarasipur on June 1.
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Prajwal Revanna returned to India late last night.
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H D Revanna
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The Karnataka High Court has adjourned till June 3 the hearing on a petition filed by Prajwal Revanna's father, JD(S) leader H D Revanna. The petition seeks quashing of the FIR lodged at KR Nagara police station against him and others for allegedly abducting a sexual assault victim.
Prajwal Revanna leaves Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital after medical examination in Bengaluru on Friday, May 31, 2024.
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A Bengaluru Court for People’s Representatives has commenced hearing the Prajwal Revanna's case. The Hassan MP has appeared before Justice KN Shivakumar, news agency ANI reported on Friday.
The Bengaluru court has reserved its order on SIT team's request for 15-day police custody and will pronounce the order on bail plea shortly. The SIT team is probing sexual assault allegations against Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.
Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna was sent to a six-day police custody till June 6 by a Bengaluru court in the first FIR filed against him on charges of sexual assault. The SIT team probing the sexual assault allegations against Prajwal Revanna had sought his custody in the first FIR registered against him in Holenarasipura.