Bangalore:
A woman has filed a police case against Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna for alleged sexual abuse, police said today amid a huge row over alleged lewd videos. The First Information Report (FIR) has been filed at Holenarasipur police station in Hassan district.
Prajwal Revanna, the Janata Dal (Secular) MP and grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, has denied the allegations and also filed a police complaint, saying the obscene videos in circulation had been altered.
Prajwal Revanna left for Germany yesterday morning.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday said that the state government will form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the obscene videos case.
The decision to form the SIT came after the state women commission recommended the Siddaramaiah government to take action.
Obscene video clips are circulating in Hassan district where women appear to have been sexually assaulted, the prime minister said.
In the FIR, the survivor alleged that she was sexually assaulted multiple times between 2019 and 2022. The complaint will be sent to the new SIT. According to sources, more women are likely to come forward to file cases.
Prajwal Revanna was the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency where second phase voting took place on April 26. Janata Dal (Secular), or JD(S), joined the NDA in September last year.
The BJP has distanced itself from Prajwal Revanna amid the controversy surrounding his alleged sex tapes.
“We as a party have nothing to do with the videos nor do we have any comment on the SIT probe announced by the state government into the alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal Revanna,” said BJP state spokesperson S Prakash.