Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is in the middle of a scandal over some obscene videos allegedly involving him, has been accused of sexual harassment by a woman who worked as a house help at his home, the police said.
The woman, 47, also named Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna, Prajwal’s father, as an accused. In her complaint, the woman claimed that HD Revanna and Prajwal used to sexually assault women workers in their home.
“After four months of joining, Revanna kept calling me to his room. There were six women workers in the house and everyone said that they were scared when Prajwal Revanna came home. The male workers in the house also alerted the women workers to be careful,” the complainant said.
“Whenever (HD) Revanna’s wife wasn’t there, he used to call the women to the store room and touch them while giving them fruits. He used to remove saree pins and used to sexually assault women,” she added.
The woman also claimed that Prajwal Revanna tried to flirt with her daughter, who then blocked his number.
Based on the woman’s complaint, the police have registered a case under IPC Sections 354A, 354D, 506, and 509.
‘OBSCENE VIDEOS’ SCANDAL
Prajwal Revanna, who is seeking another term from Hassan in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, is in the middle of a controversy after some explicit videos went viral on social media purportedly showing him.
The Karnataka government on Sunday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe an alleged sex scandal involving Hassan MP.
Prajwal, who is the son of MLA and former Minister HD Revanna and grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, has allegedly left the country, sources told India Today.
However, he claimed that the viral videos were morphed and also filed a complaint in this regard via his polling agent.
The 33-year-old Prajwal was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on April 26. The JD(S) joined the NDA in September last year.