Where is Prejwal Revanna? SIT issues lookout notice against Hassan MP accused of sexual abuse

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna’s sexual abuse case ]issued a lookout notice for the Hassan MP on Thursday, a day after he said that he would not be able to attend an inquiry.

Revanna, who was dismissed by his party Janata Dal (Secular) earlier this week, has been embroiled in a sexual harassment case after a woman who worked in his household accused him of sexually abusing and intimidating her.

After an FIR was lodged against Revanna on Sunday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah constituted an SIT team to investigate the allegations against the MP.

The case has drawn the ire of opposition parties who are blaming the Bhartiya Janata Party for turning a blind eye. JD(S) is in alliance with the saffron party in Karnataka.

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Where is Revanna?

SIT’s lookout notice comes after Revanna said that he would not be able to attend an inquiry “since he is not in Bangalore.”

The MP from Hassanpur is reportedly not in India. He left for Germany’s Frankfurt on April 27, a day after the second phase of Lok Sabha elections.

The leader is still believed to be in Germany. He is said to be travelling on his diplomatic passport.

Learning this, Siddaraimaiah wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to direct the Ministry of External Affairs to cancel Revanna’s diplomatic passport.

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Meanwhile, if he fails to appear before the investigative team by a set time frame, he will be arrested by authorities.

What is the case against Revanna?

A video clip, allegedly showing Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media, a day after the second phase of Lok Sabha elections concluded on April 26. Fourteen out of 28 seats from Karnataka went to poll in this phase.

The explicit video was allegedly shot by Revanna and was circulated widely in the Hassan constituency.

Following this, a woman lodged a formal complaint accusing the MP of sexually assaulting her multiple times between 2019 and 2022.

The woman also claimed that Revanna had misbehaved with her daughter and held “vulgar conversations” with her.

In the complaint, the woman also named Revanna’s father HD Revanna, saying that he sexually harassed her when his wife was away.