Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:06am on 23 Jun 2024,Sunday Politics
Suraj Revanna, JD(S) MLC and grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly sodomizing a 27-year-old male party worker at his farmhouse in Holenarasipura Taluk. The assault reportedly occurred on June 16. Revanna, who denies the charges, was booked under IPC sections 377 (unnatural sex) and 506 (criminal intimidation). Meanwhile, the police have also registered a case against the complainant and his relative for allegedly attempting to extort ₹5 crore from Revanna by threatening to file a false sexual assault case if their demands were not met.
