JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna arrested for alleged sexual abuse of party member

Hassan, Karnataka: JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna – the brother of former MP Prajwal Revanna who faces allegations of sexual abuse of several women – was arrested on Sunday for “unnatural offences” against him, they said. indicated police sources.

He was booked on Saturday for allegedly sexually abusing a party worker a few days ago and has been booked under different sections of the IPC, including 'unnatural offences'.

Suraj was questioned at the CEN police station here during the night, before being arrested, the sources said.

A 27-year-old man had complained to the police that Suraj Revanna, the eldest son of HD Holenarasipura MP Revanna, had sexually assaulted him at his farmhouse in Ghannikada on June 16.

Based on the complaint, the Holenarasipura police filed a case against the JD(S) MLC under Sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, late Saturday night.

However, Suraj Revanna (37), grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and nephew of Union minister HD Kumaraswamy, categorically refuted the charge. Suraj had also alleged that the man had filed a false complaint against him in a bid to extort Rs 5 crore from him.

On Friday, police registered a case of extortion against the JD(S) worker following a complaint lodged by Shivakumar, a close aide of Suraj Revanna.

Shivakumar had alleged that the party worker was trying to extort money from Suraj Revanna by threatening to file a sexual assault case against him.

It was alleged that even though the man had demanded Rs 5 crore from Suraj Revanna, it was later reduced to Rs 2 crore.

Suraj's brother and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna is in police custody for allegedly sexually assaulting several women and was arrested upon his return from Germany last month.

Prajwal, who lost the Hassan Lok Sabha seat, was arrested on May 31 soon after returning from Germany where he was locked up after cases of rape and intimidation were registered against him.

Their father HD Revanna and mother Bhavani are out on bail. They were accused of kidnapping and detaining an alleged victim of sexual assault by their son Prajwal.