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The State authorities has announced a reward of ₹25 lakh for the officers successful the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing the crimes of erstwhile Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.
The SIT was formed pursuing a ample cache of enactment videos of Prajwal Revanna that were leaked up of the parliamentary polls successful 2024. While Prajwal Revanna fled the country, 4 of the implicit 90 victims seen successful the videos came forward, and a full of 4 cases — 3 for rape and 1 for intersexual harassment — were registered against him. In an unprecedented crook of events, the SIT ensured the proceedings for the archetypal lawsuit was completed successful conscionable implicit a year, and Prajwal Revanna was convicted successful August, 2025. He was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for the remainder of his life. Multiple appeals against his condemnation and condemnation successful the higher courts person besides been dismissed.
A full of 29 officers person been fixed a currency reward, portion the authorities placed connected grounds its appreciation for the SIT chief, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) B. K. Singh, who led the probe. While 2 women, IPS officers Suman D. Pennekar and Seema Latkar, who spearheaded the probe, person been awarded ₹2.5 lakh each, inspectors Shobha G., Shobha N., Sumarani B., Swarna G. S., and Hemanth Kumar M., who were investigating officers successful the cases, were rewarded successful the scope of ₹1.5 and ₹1.75 lakh.
Meanwhile, the State authorities besides rewarded 83 unit from Davanagere District Police a full of ₹10.02 lakh for cracking a slope heist astatine the State Bank of India subdivision successful Nyamati successful October 2024, wherever 17 kgs of golden worthy ₹13 crore was stolen. The lawsuit was cracked successful April 2025, and six members of the pack were arrested, and the golden was recovered. Sam Varghese, Additional Superintendent of Police of Davanagere district, led the probe and has been rewarded ₹25,000, isolated from 82 others who were portion of the ample investigation.
