Sexual abuse: Another FIR against ex-MP Prajwal

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka Police on Tuesday registered another case of sexual harassment ag ainst suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna. This is the fourth such case registered against Revanna since April 28.

While three women have filed cases of sexual assault against the former MP from Hassan, the fourth case has been registered under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to sexual harassment, stalking and criminal intimidation.

Revanna has also been booked for allegedly surreptitiously recording and distributing images of the complainant, under a section of the Information Technology Act.

Three others have also been named in the first information report, including Preetham Gowd a , a former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Hassan, reported The Indian Express.

The three persons are said to have distributed images that Revanna had allegedly recorded while sexually harassing the complainant over a video call. The woman’s complaint to the police said that the distribution of the images had brought undue attention to her family in Hassan.