Bengaluru: A Bengaluru court handed over custody of rape accused MP Prajwal Revanna to a Karnataka Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) until June 6.
Prajwal (33), the JD(S) MP from Hassan, was taken into custody from Bengaluru International Airport after he arrived from Munich on Friday last. He had left the country on April 27 - a day after his Lok Sabha constituency went to the polls - as videos showing sexual assault, allegedly involving him, started being circulated in the public domain.
Prajwal was taken for a medical examination before he was presented at the special court for elected representatives. The SIT, which is investigating three cases of sexual assault against the MP, filed a remand application for 15 days of custody in the first case registered on April 28. This case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by a former domestic worker at the Revanna family residence.
The special court ruled that issues like the addition of the rape charge would have to be contested at the stage of the trial, and allowed the SIT to take Prajwal into custody until June 6. Meanwhile, a special sessions court for elected representatives denied anticipatory bail to Prajwal’s mother, Bhavani Revanna, in a case of alleged abduction of a sexual assault victim. She had been issued a notice to appear before the SIT for questioning.
Prajwal’s father, JD(S) MLA H D Revanna, was arrested in the abduction case earlier this month and was subsequently released on bail after defence lawyers argued that the victim had not directly implicated him in the case.
