Suspended JDS leader Prajwal Revanna was arrested on May 31 following his arrival to India from Germany. He left for Germany on April 27, following the polling in Hassan, from where he was contesting the election.
During a court hearing, the police requested custody of Revanna to further investigate the allegations and gather more evidence. The court granted the request, allowing the police six days to interrogate the accused and uncover the extent of his involvement in the case.
The son of the abducted woman alleged that his mother worked as a domestic help in HD Revanna's house for nearly six-years. He alleged that she was kidnapped and sexually abused.
Some explicit video clips allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna had started making the rounds in Hassan recently. The government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged sex scandal involving the MP.
Congress Spokesperson Supriya Shrinate questioned the silence of PM Modi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani and the delay in the National Commission for Women acting on the matter of Prajwal Revanna's alleged crimes.
Revanna is the BJP-JDS alliance's candidate from Hassan which went to the polls on April 26 in the second phase of seven-phased general elections.
A video of the purported dance program held on Sunday evening during the 'Maa Mahishasur Mardini Devi Mela' in Shamgarh town, some 70 km from the Mandsaur district headquarters, surfaced on social media platforms.
A traffic sub-inspector has been placed under suspension for allegedly sending obscene pictures and videos to women on their mobile phones the numbers of which he had collected while checking vehicles, police said on Thursday.
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