Prajwal Revanna sent to SIT custody till June 24

Former MP Prajwal Revanna, accused in a rape and sexual harassment case, has been remanded to Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody until June 24 by a Karnataka court on Wednesday, a day after he had been sent to judicial custody under separate charges.

The SIT produced him in a court in Bengaluru for the second rape case filed against him. It had earlier requested an extension of his police custody for further questioning.

The former JDS MP, who lost the recent Lok Sabha election as the NDA candidate from Hassan, was arrested on May 31, when he returned to the country after nearly five weeks. He is battling charges of sexual abuse of women after pen drives of explicit videos allegedly involving him surfaced in Hassan and other places days ahead of the April 26 election.


Revanna Jr.’s mother Bhavani Revanna was awarded anticipatory bail on Tuesday. The SIT has claimed that she was the mastermind in the conspiracy to abduct one of the survivors of her son’s alleged sexual assault.

Her husband, MLA HD Revanna, who is also an accused in the case, is currently out on bail. The SIT is probing him on charges of sexual harassment of a domestic help. He has sought quashing of the charges against him and the matter is pending in court.