Amid the ongoing controversy in Karnataka over the alleged sex video scandal involving JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case, on Tuesday issued a notice to the accused, asking him and his father HD Revanna to appear before it for investigation within 24 hours.
JDS MLA HD Revanna, the father of Prajwal Revanna, is the second accused in the case.
A case was registered at the Holenarsipura police station in Hassan district on Sunday, based on a complaint by a woman who worked in Revanna’s house.
The father-son duo was booked under IPC sections 354A (sexual abuse), 354D (stalking), 506 (threat) and 509 (insult caused to the modesty of a woman).
The FIR was referred to the SIT, led by B K Singh, Additional Director-General of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, formed to probe the alleged sex scandal involving Prajwal Revanna, after several explicit videos were in circulation.
Prajwal Revanna is not in the country and is said to have flown abroad after the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka on April 26.
Prajwal Revanna is the BJP-JD(S) candidate from the Hassan Lok Sabha segment, which went to polls on Friday.
(With inputs from PTI)
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