Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy has claimed that 25,000 pen drives with videos of women being sexually abused allegedly by his nephew, Lok Sabha election candidate Prajwal Revanna, were distributed before polls, and accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar of a conspiracy.
The former chief minister also sought to discredit the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Congress government on April 28 to probe the charges against Prajwal of sexually abusing several women after videos allegedly involving him started making the rounds on social media.
"It is not a Special Investigation Team but 'Siddaramaiah Investigation Team' and 'Shivakumar Investigation Team'," the JD(S) second-in-command, who is the son of party supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, said.
MLA H D Revanna and his son and Hassan MP Prajwal have been booked for allegedly molesting their cook. In another case, Revanna has been booked and arrested for allegedly kidnapping a woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Prajwal. A case of rape has also been registered against Prajwal.
Addressing a press conference here, Kumaraswamy said the pen drives were circulated by police officers who were "threatened to do it".
“It (pen drive carrying videos) was released in Bengaluru Rural constituency (where the Congress candidate in the Lok Sabha elections is D K Suresh, who is the brother of Shivakumar). This was an April 21 development. On April 22, Poornachandra, our polling agent, gave a complaint to the District Deputy Commissioner, who is the Returning Officer,” the JD(S) leader said.
“Poornachandra received a message at 8 pm on April 21 asking people to 'follow a WhatsApp channel to see Prajwal Revanna’s sleaze video'. There was a message on this WhatsApp channel, 'Countdown for the release of Prajwal’s sleaze videos'," Kumaraswamy further said.
According to Kumaraswamy, one Naveen Gowda had sent the message about the "countdown".
In his complaint to the Deputy Commissioner and the Superintendent of Police of Hassan district, Poornachandra has named five people including Naveen Gowda, Karthik Gowda (Revanna’s driver), Chethan and Puttaraju alias Putty, he said.
It has been more than a fortnight since the complaint made on April 21 but no action has been taken against these five people, Kumaraswamy said and demanded that they should first be arrested for "mortgaging the modesty" of women in the videos.
Kumaraswamy alleged that 25,000 pen drives were distributed in the entire state, and cited a report in a regional daily to support his claim.
“My question here is why no action was taken. If someone posts something on social media, immediately houses are searched and the person is made to sit in the police station. Why no action was taken against these five people despite a complaint?” he asked.
"Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had confidently said that all the three JD(S) candidates in the Lok Sabha elections will be defeated," Kumaraswamy said, adding, "It raises doubts about the involvement of many people."
On April 25, Karnataka State Commission for Women Chairperson Nagalakshmi Chowdhary wrote to Siddaramaiah demanding an SIT probe into the tapes where Prajwal is allegedly seen sexually abusing several women. The same night, the CM gave his nod and ordered the formation of a SIT, Kumaraswamy said.
“In that letter, Nagalakshmi Chowdhary did not mention the name of Prajwal or Revanna but the chief minister called it ‘Prajwal Revanna’s explicit videos’ in his post on X when he announced the formation of SIT. This shows how the conspiracy was hatched,” the JD(S) leader claimed.
He also alleged that the first complaint "framing" his brother H D Revanna and nephew Prajwal was typed on a computer in Bengaluru and was sent to Holenarasipura, which is represented in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly by Revanna, on April 28.
“It’s not a Special Investigation Team but there are two teams within it – one is ‘Siddaramaiah Investigation Team’ and another one is ‘Shivakumar Investigation Team’,” he charged.
He said the ‘convenor’ of the 'pen drive story', Karthik Gowda should be traced first and brought before the people.
“Going through the conspiracies, one can doubt the intention behind the investigation because more than protecting the women victims, you are limiting the scope of the probe only to defame people,” Kumaraswamy further alleged.
He underlined that he was not trying to protect anyone. “I have said that in this case I will not protect anyone doing wrong. Stringent punishment should be given to the person involved in this crime as per the law of land."
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If you study Hinduism in deep you will get mad. Like
1.Brahma got married to his daughter
2.Draupadi had affair with Karna.
3.Shiva chopped one head of Brahma
4.Shiva used to take ladies avatar for fun.
5.Ayyappa is the son of shiva & Vishnu.
6.Hanuman got married to crocodile.
7.Shiva failure to recognise his son ganapathy.
In reality following hinduism is like worshipping everything. Creator and his creations.
If you go for study, you will come to know that its an imaginary story not real like cartoons.
Ram is based on kaalpanic story of Valmiki(Thief)
In Sri Lanka there is no evidence of Rama. Its only available in Nagpur.
Good comedy serial the new tele serial mungere lal key haseen sapnee India never sleeps with all such comic episodes.
Dis guy is begging to change the religion hahaha....i dont understand y all saffron groups are so worried abt Muslim.
o barking dogs go to china and pak boarders area save our country...
ONLY Hindus converting to Islam. They know that Islam
IS TRUE religion.
No educated Muslim will Convert to Hinduism. Its impossible.
So stop dreaming. Look vhp's family members might converted to Islam.
Look at ur own house first.
Ondu Manga ninthu yeno bagulatthe adanna kelalu saviraru Mangagalu Kulithive.Yentha Vipariyaasa kanri.
What a Joke sir ji.
We dont want to be with you people in Jahannam.You people carry on.We are happy as a Muslim.
Such a huge majority of population....don't know why they are afraid of minorities....
So now on everyone go and live in jungle....
Where to find ravana....
Should ignore wife and kids in jungle....and can't recognize own kids?..
Really difficult task ....
And what about other gods..... forget them....come on
Rama couldnt save his own wife sita. How can he save u
Barking dog first you try to secure by yourself & your leaders those who are depend under government security.... Muslims dont need protection from you, Alhamdulillah we have one god Allah to protect us...
People like you are 2% in this country barking to spoil the peace & harmony between society.
Do not try to check patience of your own community peace lovers of society... Soon time will come where your bajarangis will start searching to enter space like rats... ha ha ha...
those hindu community k liye kalank hai.... True Hindu tho o hai jo peace lover hai....
@ Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad Leader... who are you to protect others? You Cannot protect Yourself unless Allah wills... You are the black sheep of Hindu Dharma Coz your thoughts itself indicates that you are an atheist. You don't belong to any religion,
I wonder who will protect you fromAllah if you did not repent and accept Muhammad (peace be upon him) as your prophet
A 'Jain' asking 'Muslims' to convert to 'Hinduism'. Excellent example for communal harmony in feku (i dont mind if you read 'e' as 'a') age.
when Mr Jain converted to Hinduism ? just ignore his lose talk
To know how God created all that exists....
The Non Muslims should read THE QURAN... U will come to understand who is following what.. (U can try thequranproject online)
And to follow Prophets of God ... It needs God's blessing...
Some hate mongers are missing and they even cannot identify whats good and whats bad to the society.
To honest people on EARTH... Just ask once \oh the one who put Soul in me ... GUIDE me...\"
U will surely SEE the real colors of LIFE of who is with whom, if your INTENTION is right... TRY IT.."
Prophet Adam (peace be upon him). Was the first human being came to the earth. So by all means all are in this world should be Muslims. So now if all Hindus revert to Islam we will give you security to eat beef.
Mr. Beans & Mr. Badane of our Mangalore. Please be aware that most of good hindus are not following these goons. Jobless chaddis..oh sorry panties. They could able to gather only this much crowd. Beary nakulna madmed ned dhla jaasti jana barpundu maarre.
mental manja, now the statement clearly says if muslims dont shun islam then they are under threat ?
i cant stop laughing hahahahaha, we dont need the protection of chaddis.
OUR PM has joined with paksitan, will you boycott our PM .
Bloody hypocrites.
This Bullshit has nothing to do... Spreading venom in the society.. and useless govt continuing their silence towards these Sangah Parivaar, Why the Govt can't ban the anti social elements..
Islam is such a golden religion, don't you ever think that in your dreams....
India Ninna Ammena astiya?? Dirty people with dirty culture.
Shia Sunni ok! Dalit, Jain, Brahmins yaake? Y this Kolaveri D thaatha?
Quote\ Jain went on to claim........if they want to remain in India\"
unquote
May be Jain needs treatment in Mental Hospital as he says the above sentence to Hindu brothers & sisters which is impossible and he is fully aware of it.
then why barking ...... ?"
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