Prajwal Revanna should not be spared: HD Deve Gowda on sexual abuse allegations against grandson
The former prime minister, however, claimed that the cases against his son, Janata Dal (Secular) MLA HD Revanna, were false.
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Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda on Saturday said that action must be taken in accordance with the law in regard to the sexual abuse allegations against his grandson and Lok Sabha MP Prajwal Revanna, The Indian Express reported.
Gowda added that Prajwal Revanna, who represents Karnataka’s Hassan constituency, should not be spared. However, he claimed that the cases against his son, Janata Dal (Secular) MLA and former Karnataka minister HD Revanna, were false. HD Revanna is Prajwal Revanna’s father.
On Monday, a Bengaluru court granted bail to HD Revanna in connection with the alleged abduction of a woman, as part of the sexual abuse case against Prajwal Revanna.
The police had arrested HD Revanna on May 4, after a special court rejected his plea for anticipatory bail, on the complaint by a relative of the woman who claimed that she had been raped by Prajwal Revanna.
On Saturday, Gowda told reporters that “people also know that false cases were registered against HD Revanna”. The former prime minister, however, said that no one in his family had any objection over the case against Prajwal Revanna.
Gowda remarked: “Many people are involved in this episode and I don’t want to take any names.”
He added that all those involved must be punished. “The women victims must get...
