Bangalore:
A case of sexual harassment has been registered against BJP leader G Devaraje Gowda from Hassan, who had written to the saffron party leadership before it formed an alliance with the JD(S), alleging Prajwal's alleged sexual abuse of several women Revanna signaled, police said. Friday.
The FIR was registered on April 1 against Devaraje Gowda, a lawyer, but came to light only recently after his whistleblowing in the Prajwal Revanna case.
Devaraje Gowda was the one who had alerted the BJP leadership last year about Prajwal Revanna's alleged sexual abuse of several women and warned the saffron party against giving Lok Sabha ticket to the JD(S) MP from Hassan.
Prajwal Revanna is the grandson of former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch HD Deve Gowda, and is the BJP-JD(S) Lok Sabha poll candidate from Hassan.
The BJP entered into an alliance with the JD(S) last year.
Devaraje Gowda, who contested the 2023 Assembly elections against Prajwal's father and Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna – also accused in one case of sexual assault and another case of kidnapping – had blamed the Congress leadership in Karnataka for leaking the sexual abuse videos.
Devaraje Gowda has been charged on a complaint by a 36-year-old woman from Hassan district, who alleged that he abused her on the pretext of helping her sell her property.
The BJP leader was not available for comment
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