JD(S) legislator Suraj Revanna faces second sexual assault accusation
File photo of JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna.
Janata Dal (Secular) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLC)Suraj Revanna was accused of sexually assaulting a second man on Tuesday (June 25). Holenarasipur Rural Police have now registered a complaint of sexual abuse against Suraj, the brother of Prajwal Revanna, the former JD(S) who himself is facing sexual assault investigations.
The police received a complaint from a resident of Holenarasipur taluk who was, until recently, thought to be a close aide of the JD(S) politician.
The complainant claimed that the accused sexually attacked him three years ago, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The police filed a complaint under Sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful imprisonment), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
According to the first case filed against Suraj Revanna on June 16, the accused allegedly sexually harassed and threatened to kill a minor from Arkalgud taluk at his farmhouse in Gannikada, Hassan district.
The complaint was filed on June 22. Revanna was arrested the next day and was remanded to 14 days' judicial custody. He was placed under eight days of police detention on Monday by the court.
The state government then turned the investigation over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The second FIR might also be handed over to CID for further investigation.
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It should be noted that the second case's complainant was also named as an accused in the first complaint brought against Suraj Revanna. He was charged with threatening to kill the plaintiff if the complainant reported Suraj Revanna to the police.
Furthermore, on June 21, the complainant in the second case earlier filed a complaint with Holenarasipur Town Police, claiming that two individuals, including the presumed victim in the first case, were "blackmailing" the JD(S) politician.
He swapped sides after a few days. He alleged that the legislator sexually harassed him. Aside from that, he said Suraj Revanna ordered him to file a lawsuit against the Arakalgud teenager, accusing him of blackmailing the politician.
(With inputs from agencies)
