Bengaluru, June 25: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police, which is investigating cases of sexual assault and harassment against Prajwal Revanna, has registered a fourth case against the former Janata Dal (Secular) MP from Hassan.

Unlike the three previous cases registered against Prajwal Revanna which invoked the Indian Penal Code (IPC)'s section for sexual assault, the fourth case has been registered under sections for sexual harassment, stalking, and criminal intimidation of a victim as well as clandestinely recording and sharing images of the victim. Sexual Assault Case: JDS MLC Suraj Revanna, Brother of Prajwal Revanna, Booked on Charge of Sodomising Party Worker.

Three others, including former BJP MLA from Hassan Preetham Gowda, have also been named in the FIR. Police sources said Preetham Gowda, Kiran, and Sharath have been accused of sharing images that Prajwal Revanna recorded in the course of sexual harassment of a victim on a video call. The victim filed a complaint stating the recording of the sexual harassment by Prajwal Revanna and the sharing of the clip by others caused embarrassment and loss of image for her whole family. Prajwal Revanna Remanded in Judicial Custody for 14 Days.

The fourth FIR has been registered under IPC sections 354(A),354(D),354(B), 506, and 66 E of the Information Technology Act. Apart from this, Janata Dal (Secular) MLC and the son of former Karnataka minister HD Revanna, Suraj Revanna was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sexually assaulting a male party worker, police said.

On Saturday evening, a case was registered against Suraj Revanna under Sections 377 (unnatural sex), 342, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Holenarasipura police station in Hassan district. It was done on a complaint of a party worker that he was sexually assaulted by the MLC at his farmhouse on June 16.