BENGALURU: Janata Party leader N Nagesh has been detained for offering a reward for information about the whereabouts of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna in connection with the obscene video case, police said.
The poster campaign, initiated in Bengaluru, promised a reward of Rs one lakh for information on Prajwal Revanna’s location. The posters had come up at Shivananda Circle, Railway Parallel Road and surrounding places. However, the authorities swiftly intervened, detaining Nagesh and a few others and removing the posters.
Policemen removed the posters swiftly.
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Meanwhile, Revanna remains elusive despite the FIR registered against him several days ago. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had earlier expressed confidence that the police will conduct a thorough investigation into the Prajwal Revanna case and said that there is no need to transfer the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Responding to questions about Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy’s request to the Governor to hand over the Prajwal Revanna case to the CBI, the CM said, “I have confidence in our police. There is no need to hand over Prajwal Revanna’s case to CBI.”
On May 9, a JD(S) delegation, led by former CM H D Kumaraswamy, met Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and submitted a memorandum urging for an “impartial probe” into the case.
“We have submitted before the Governor all the developments that have taken place in this case till now. We requested him to urge the central government to conduct a fair inquiry into this case. Where is the investigation going? What is H D Revanna’s role in this? Why have they arrested Revanna? The state government is misusing the power. Where are the victims? Congress is saying there are more than 2,900 victims, but where are they?” Kumaraswamy asked”.
Janata Party leader Nagesh was detained by the police.
Prajwal Revanna, the suspended JD(S) leader, is the incumbent MP from the Hassan constituency. He is seeking re-election as an NDA candidate from the same seat. Polling on the seat was completed on April 26.
Prajwal Revanna and his father, HD Revanna, are facing a probe by a Special Investigative Team (SIT), constituted by the Karnataka government, over allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation following a complaint by a woman who worked in their household. (ANI)
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