Prajwal Revanna, the suspended JD(S) leader accused of sexual harassment, might undergo a potency test as part of an ongoing SIT investigation.
The Hassan MP, accused of sexual assault by multiple women, finally arrived in India on May 31 after absconding for 34 days. He went to Germany on April 27, a day after his constituency went to polls, using his diplomatic passport.
A potency test is conducted to ascertain if an individual is capable of committing sexual crimes.
Soon after the Special Investigation Team arrested him from Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport during the early hours of Friday, Revanna was taken to the Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital for a medical examination.
Meanwhile, an anticipatory bail filed by Revanna has been rejected by a special court in Karnataka. The lawyer for SIT informed the People’s Representative court that Revanna’s anticipatory bail petitions have lost value as he has already been arrested.
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The SIT has reportedly also issued a notice to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of the JD(S) leader. Although his mother is not an accused in the case, the probe team has said it wants to “investigate her role.”
The scandal has raised a political storm with the ruling Congress and BJP-JD(S) engaged in a slugfest.
Karnataka’s former chief minister Basavraj Bommai said on Friday, “The law will take its course, the SIT probe should be fair and focus on providing justice to the victims. There are many dimensions to this case… we will wait and see what happens.”
While the Congress government has formed a SIT to probe the cases, the BJP and JD(S) — NDA partners — have demanded that it be handed over to the CBI, and action be taken against those behind the wide circulation of explicit videos.
The cases of sexual abuse came to light after a number of pen drives allegedly containing explicit videos involving Prajwal were reportedly circulated in Hassan, ahead of Lok Sabha polls there on April 26.
With inputs from agencies
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