Prajwal Revanna sex abuse case: Everyone knows about video, we can’t go back to village, says victim son-in-law

It was the victim’s son who complained to the police, based on which H D Revanna was arrested on charges of kidnapping and illegally confining a woman.

Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna. (Express Photo)

“Everyone in the village knows that my mother-in-law is the victim… Can you imagine the trauma we are experiencing,” he said.

A few days before the videos came out, the victim was asked to return to work at Revanna’s farmhouse and was promised payment of her pending salary. “Her two-month salary was pending when she left the job,” the son-in-law said. After the woman was abducted on April 29, the videos started circulating, he added.

According to the son-in-law, the farmhouse where the woman worked was often visited by Prajwal.

Revanna was among the two accused in a case filed at K R Nagar, Mysuru district, where the complainant alleged that his mother was kidnapped to keep her from approaching the police over alleged sexual assault by JD(S) MP and Revanna’s son Prajwal Revanna. (Express photo by Jithendra M)

“She never told us about this (assault). We came to know about it after the video went viral,” he said.

“How can we go back to our village and live? We are poor people fighting everyday to make ends meet. The area where we lived will never accept us,” said the son-in-law. The entire family is currently under the protection of SIT.