Suraj Revanna row: The Holenarasipura police booked the JD(S) MLC under IPC sections 377 (unnatural sex) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna, the brother of jailed politician Prajwal Revanna, was booked by the Karnataka police on Saturday for allegedly sodomising a party worker. The police also booked the complainant and his brother-in-law for allegedly attempting to extort ₹5 crore from the politician.
27-year-old Chethan KS has told the police that Suraj Revanna, the eldest son of Holenarasipura MLA H D Revanna, sodomised him at his farmhouse in Ghannikada in Holenarasipura Taluk on June 16.
The Holenarasipura police booked the JD(S) MLC under IPC sections 377 (unnatural sex) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
Suraj Revanna’s close aide Shivakumar on Friday filed a complaint with the police that Chethan KS was trying to extort money from the politician by threatening to lodge a false case of sexual assault against him.
He claimed the man had demanded ₹5 crore from Suraj Revanna. The demanded amount was later reduced to ₹2 crore, he added.
The MLC has also been booked under sections that deal with wrongful confinement and common intention.
Per Shivakumar’s complaint, accessed by HT, the JD(S) worker had met Suraj six months ago and again in June, seeking a job. The threat was made after the MLC said it wouldn’t be possible for him to help the man get a job at present “but it might be considered in the future”.