A Bengaluru court on Friday remanded rape accused Karnataka MP and former Janata Dal Secular (JDS) leader Prajwal Revanna to Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody till June 6. As per information, in police custody, Prajwal's lawyers will be allowed to meet him for one hour in the morning.The 33-year-old contested the Lok Sabha election from Hassan, the seat that he won in 2019.The SIT deputed an all-woman police team to execute the warrant against Prajwal. Soon after he alighted from the plane from Munich, he was received by women in Khaki.
#WATCH | Bengaluru | Obscene videos case: Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna remanded to six days police custody pic.twitter.com/Q2QhBmQEEK
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Prajwal had on May 29 filed an anticipatory bail plea at the Principal City and Sessions Court for Elected Representatives, which issued a notice to the SIT to file objections before posting the hearing for Friday.In the first case registered against him at the Holenarasipura Town police station in Hassan on April 28, Prajwal is accused of sexually harassing a 47-year-old former maid. He is listed as accused number two, while his father and Holenarasipura MLA, H D Revanna, is accused number one. Prajwal has been so far booked in three cases of sexual assault. There are also charges of rape against him.
(State Correspondent)
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