SURAJ REVANNA CHARGED UNDER IPC SECTION 377 AND 506
JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna, brother of Prajwal Revenna has been booked by the Karnataka police under the IPC section 377 (unnatural sex) and 506 (criminal intimidation). His brother Prajwal had also been arrested before on account of sexually assaulting women. Suraj Revanna was brought to the police station for questioning that went on for an hour, following which he was arrested on Saturday, June 22.
THE JD(S) WORKER’S STATEMENT ACCUSING REVANNA OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
The police registered a case against the JD(s) MLC after a 27-year-old man named Chethan KS, a JD(S) worker, filed a complaint accusing Suraj Revanna of sexually assaulting him at his farmhouse in Ghannikada on June 16. However, Suraj Revanna, the eldest son of Holenarasipura rejected this allegation claiming that the man was falsely accusing him in an attempt to extort money worth Rs. 5 crore from him.
SHIVAKUMAR’S COMPLAINT AGAINST THE JD(S) WORKER ON FRIDAY, A DEMAND OF RS. 5 CRORE FROM REVANNA
On Friday, the police had registered a complaint against the JD(S) worker in an attempt to extort money from Suraj Revanna, with a threat of falsely accusing him of sexual assault allegations if he failed to do so. The complaint was filed by Suraj Revanna’s close aide, Shivakumar. Reportedly, Chethan KS asked Revanna for Rs. 5 crore and later reduced the amount to Rs. 2 crore.