Rahul tells CM: Extend all possible support to victims of sexual abuse

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has requested Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to extend all possible support to the victims in the alleged sexual abuse of several women involving the sitting Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.

He also asked Siddaramaiah to ensure that all those responsible for these "heinous crimes are brought to book".

Responding to the letter written by Gandhi, the chief minister on Saturday took to 'X' and assured that his government is committed to protecting the victims of rape and injustice by Prajwal Revanna.

"An impartial investigation will be conducted and no matter how many influential people are involved in the case, they will be handed over to the hands of the law. Along with wiping tears of the aggrieved, I am giving a promise @ Rahul Gandhi and to everyone in the country that our government will stand with them in their struggle for justice," he posted in Kannada.

In his letter to Siddaramaiah dated May 3, Gandhi alleged that Prajwal sexually assaulted and filmed hundreds of women over several years.

Many who looked up to him as a brother and son were "brutalised in the most violent manner and robbed of their dignity. The rape of our mothers and sisters warrants the strictest possible punishment."

The Congress leader expressed that he is deeply shocked to learn that as far back as December 2023, Home Minister Amit Shah was informed by G Devaraje Gowda about Prajwal Revanna's antecedents.