Bangalore:
Former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna, an accused in the alleged sex video scandal, will be asked to return to India by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara said on Monday .
Speaking to the media, Mr. Parameshwara said that an SIT investigation would be completed soon and a report would be filed in such cases within 10 to 15 days.
“In this case, the instructions regarding the time frame were given to the investigating officers. If the time frame is not there, the investigation will be conducted for years,” he added.
The Home Minister said an investigation would be conducted and action would be taken against all suspects named by the victims in the complaint.
“Based on the complaint to the Karnataka State Commission for Women, the state government has formed the SIT under the leadership of senior IPS officer BK Singh. Two women senior police officers are also part of the team,” he added.
“The state government will not interfere in the investigation and it will be left to the investigating agency to pursue it. The investigating officers will take the pen drives containing alleged sex videos which will be sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for verification. The evidence had to be collected.”
“As per official information, the main accused Prajwal Revanna had traveled abroad, he will be recalled to India by the SIT,” Parameshwara said.
The probe would be conducted against JD(S) MLA HD Revanna against whom the sexual harassment complaint has been filed separately.
Once the SIT submits a report, action against the suspects would be initiated, the Home Minister added.
The SIT officials will explore the possibility that many more pen drives containing sex videos should not be allowed to circulate, Mr. Parameshwara said.
The state government is ready to provide security to the complainants and victims if required, he added.
Meanwhile, the mother-in-law of one of the victims has said that her daughter-in-law had been silent for five years and has now filed a complaint of sexual harassment.
“Bhavani ma'am (Prajwal Revanna's mother) helped us and she stood by our family. She (daughter-in-law) was forcibly eliminated and a complaint was filed. This is being done to defame the Deve Gowda family. This is a false complaint,” she added.
Meanwhile, the SIT has expedited investigation and managed to locate five victims and received information from them after taking them to the SIT office, sources said.
The victims included government officials and political leaders.
The victims recorded their statements in the presence of Superintendent of Police Seema Latkar, sources said.
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