HD Revanna arrested: What’s abduction case against Deve Gowda’s son? 5 points

HD Revanna, Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) MLA, was arrested by Special Investigation Team or SIT officials on Saturday in a kidnapping case linked to sexual abuse allegations against his son and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. He was arrested soon after a court in Bengaluru rejected his anticipatory bail petition.
HD Revanna, a former minister, was picked up from the Padmanabhanagar residence of his father, JD(S) supremo and former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, and brought to the SIT office.
The case was registered against HD Revanna and his confidant Sathish Babanna in Mysuru on Thursday night for allegedly abducting a woman.
Explicit video clips allegedly involving the 33-year-old Prajwal Revanna had started doing the rounds in Hassan in recent days, following which the Karnataka government constituted an SIT to probe the alleged sexual abuse allegations against the MP.
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The sexual abuse allegations have become a major campaign narrative in the Lok Sabha elections, with the Congress and BJP-JD(S) combine engaged in a political blame game.
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah’s office on Saturday said a special team probing the alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal Revanna has informed the CM that there is a possibility of the CBI issuing a “Blue Corner Notice” against the JD(S) Hassan MP, who is said to have left the country.
A Blue Corner Notice is issued by the international police cooperation body to collect additional information about a person’s identity, location, or activities related to a crime from its member countries.
(With inputs from agencies)