New Delhi. JDS leader HD The court has extended Revanna’s judicial custody till May 14. HD Revanna has been arrested in the case of kidnapping of the woman and his interrogation by the SIT in this regard will continue. HD Revanna was detained by SIT officials from his Padmanabhanagar residence in Bengaluru on May 4, before the court rejected his interim bail plea.
HD Revanna is the son of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and brother of former Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy. HD Revanna’s MP son Prajwal Revanna is being searched in a sex scandal case after several obscene videos surfaced. It is alleged that a victim woman related to this case, who earlier worked in Revanna’s house, had her HD. Revanna got kidnapped by his associate Satish Babanna. In this case, the woman’s son had lodged a complaint with the police, after which H.D. Revanna was arrested by the SIT after interrogation.
A day before this, on Tuesday, Revanna had said that he was feeling unwell, after which he was taken to the hospital but his report there came back normal. After this he was sent back to the SIT headquarters. Prajwal Revanna is accused of forcibly having sex with several women and blackmailing them by making videos. An entire pen drive of Revanna’s obscene videos is viral on social media. Since then, Prajwal Revanna is absconding and the Karnataka government has issued a look out notice against him. Revanna’s uncle and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy accused state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar of distributing USB drives before the elections. He also raised questions on the impartiality of the SIT investigation.