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The Special Investigation Team, probing into the circulation of explicit video clips and photographs related to aggregate instances of intersexual maltreatment allegedly committed by erstwhile MP Prajwal Revanna, has filed a complaint expanse successful a Hassan tribunal against 39 people. Many of the accused are said to beryllium radical associated with governmental parties.
Poornachandra Tejaswi M.G., who was an predetermination cause for Prajwal Revanna during the Lok Sabha elections successful 2024, filed a ailment with Hassan CEN Police connected April 23, 2024, alleging that immoderate radical were circulating “photos and videos carrying morphed images of the JD(S) campaigner done pendrives and WhatsApp messages” successful the constituency to forestall radical from voting for him successful the election.
In his complaint, helium named Naveen Gowda and others arsenic accused. The constabulary registered the lawsuit nether the Information Technology Act, 2008, too the sections acrophobic nether the Indian Penal Code.
Later, the lawsuit was handed implicit to the Special Investigation Team constituted by the State Government to probe the alleged intersexual harassment committed by Prajwal Revanna. Additional SP of Hassan M.K. Thammaiah, who was portion of the SIT, investigated the lawsuit and filed the complaint expanse that runs into implicit 13,700 pages, including documents related to the case.
70 pendrives purchased
The squad investigated the relation of 52 radical and yet recovered materials related to 39 radical and named them successful the complaint sheet. Naveen Kumar N.R., alias Naveen Gowda, a nonmigratory of Bengaluru, a autochthonal of Belur taluk, Karthik of Kaduvinakote, who was earlier the operator of Prajwal Revanna; Devaraje Gowda, an advocator who has identified with the BJP, Harish Gowda, who earlier worked for Prajwal Revanna, are among those named successful the complaint sheet.
The accused allegedly purchased 70 pendrives to circulate the obscene content, and the constabulary reportedly recovered that Harish, 1 of the accused, purchased them by paying done a UPI payment. The constabulary collected the details of the purchase.
Poornachandra, the complainant successful this case, has expressed disappointment implicit the complaint sheet. Speaking to the media successful Hassan connected March 18, helium said that the charge-sheet had dropped names of ‘influential people’. “The constabulary should find retired who the kingpin is. I had mentioned names of immoderate influential radical successful my connection to the police. The constabulary should excavation deeper and find retired the relation of influential radical successful the case," helium demanded.
A peculiar tribunal successful Bengaluru convicted Revanna successful August 2025 and sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his beingness and imposed fines successful 1 of the 4 intersexual maltreatment and rape cases against him.
