Revanna moved the special court for elected representatives for anticipatory bail, but withdrew the petition after the prosecution pointed out that the allegations of sexual harassment, stalking, insulting modesty of women and criminal intimidation made against him were bailable offences. He also did not appear in court on Friday, as he could have been arrested for not responding to SIT summons
During the campaign for Hassan seat, sex tapes purportedly of Prajwal Revanna with several women were circulated among voters. There are reports that most of the tapes were allegedly recorded by Prajwal on his mobile phone, which was then transferred to his laptop
Prajwal Revanna, the incumbent MP from Hassan who fled the country, has been suspended from JD(S). His uncle and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy claimed that Karnataka’s deputy CM DK Shivakumar was behind the controversy, as Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the BJP favours a probe in the case