SIT files second chargesheet against Prajwal Revanna
The Hindu
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged sex crimes of former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, filed a second chargesheet against him in a rape case on Monday.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged sex crimes of former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, filed a second chargesheet against him in a rape case on Monday.
This case pertains to the alleged rape of a 48-year-old labourer at a farmhouse owned by the former MP’s family.
The victim in this case was allegedly abducted to prevent her from testifying against Mr. Prajwal. His parents H.D. Revanna and Bhavani Revanna were chargesheeted for abduction of the victim on August 2.
The victim was rescued from captivity by the SIT on May 4. Her testimony was crucial as she was seen resisting the sexual advances of Mr. Prajwal and pleading him to let her go in the two videos that were being circulated, unlike in other videos where the women were not visibly seen resisting his advances.
The 1,625-page chargesheet lists 113 witnesses apart from multiple forensic reports of the videos of the alleged acts of rape. The chargesheet details three instances of sexual assault by Mr. Prajwal against the victim.
It details two instances of rape, both in 2021 — once at the Gannikada farmhouse owned by the accused’s brother Suraj Revanna and a few days later at Mr. H.D. Revanna’s Basavanagudi house in Bengaluru. Once again at the Gannikada farmhouse, the victim resisted and ran away from the clutches of the accused, who intended to rape her again, the chargesheet alleges.
The chargesheet alleged that on all three instances, Mr. Prajwal called the victim to his room on the pretext of giving him water and to take clothes for laundry, locked the door of the room, fished out his mobile phone and recorded the act, as he forced her to disrobe.