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A special investigation team has submitted a charge sheet against former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna for rape and his father and MLA, HD Revanna, for sexual harassment, officials said on Saturday.I)..
The 2,144-page-long charge sheet, submitted late on Friday, comprises statements from 137 witnesses, and provides harrowing details of the crimes of the two, including the sexual abuse, rape and intimidation of a woman employed in the Revanna household, a police officer said requesting anonymity..
The charge sheet also includes spot inspection, biological, physical, scientific, mobile, digital and technical evidence to support the allegations against the two..
The SIT is probing the allegations of mass sexual abuse against Prajwal, who was suspended from the Janata Dal (Secular) after a huge cache of explicit videos allegedly showing him sexually abusing several women became public hours following polling for the Hassan Lok Sabha seat on April 26..
While the MLA Revanna, who is son of former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda, has been charged with section 354 and 354 (A) of the IPC, his 33-year-old son Prajwal has been booked under sections 376, 376 (2)(K), 354, 354(A) and 354(B) of the IPC..
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