Karnataka SIT to probe controversial videos of Deve Gowda grandson

Revanna is the grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and the son of former minister and JD(S) leader H D Revanna. He contested as the BJP-JD(S) candidate against Congress’s Shreyas M Patel from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency on April 26.

A police officer said, “The videos were circulated by unknown persons through pen drives and CDs in the (Hassan) constituency three days before the Lok Sabha elections.”

Congress workers burn effigy of JDS leader Prajwal Revanna during a protest in Bengaluru. (Express Photo by Jitendra M)

Though none of the victims have filed a complaint with the police, hundreds of copies of the alleged videos have been doing the rounds for the last one week.

The women’s panel chairperson Nagalakshmi Chaudhary took cognisance of the videos, some which allegedly show force and no consent, and wrote to the Chief Minister recommending a probe.  She said that prima facie, the videos revealed “sexual harassment of women”.

“These clips have reached people and are making society hang its head in shame,” she wrote in the letter.