Bengaluru. Another grandson of former PM HD Devegowda, Sooraj Revanna has also been arrested in a sexual harassment case. Earlier, Devegowda’s grandson and JDS MP from Hassan, Prajwal Revanna was arrested in a sexual harassment case. Sooraj Revanna is Prajwal’s brother. A young JDS worker has accused Sooraj Revanna of sexual harassment.
Karnataka police said that a case of sexual harassment was registered against JDS MLC Sooraj Revanna on Saturday. The JDS worker had complained to the police that Sooraj Revanna, the eldest son of Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna, sexually harassed her at the farmhouse in Ghannikada, Holenarasipura on the evening of June 16. On this, the police registered a case against Sooraj Revanna under section 377 i.e. unnatural sex and 506 i.e. threatening. At the same time, Sooraj Revanna has denied the allegations of sexual harassment against him. The age of the JDS worker who complained is just 27 years. Sooraj Revanna alleges that the complainant tried to extort Rs 5 crore. When he failed, he registered a case of sexual harassment. A case of extortion was also registered against the JDS worker who accused of sexual harassment on the complaint of Sooraj Revanna’s associate Shivkumar.
This is the second time that the Revanna family has been accused of sexual abuse. Earlier, dozens of women had accused Sooraj’s brother Prajwal Revanna of sexual abuse. The police had registered a case on this and Prajwal Revanna was arrested from Bengaluru airport on May 31 as soon as he returned from Germany. Prajwal’s father HD Revanna was also arrested in that case. Prajwal and Sooraj Revanna’s father and mother Bhavani are currently on bail. Both have been accused of kidnapping and holding hostage the woman who was a victim of sexual abuse.