{"id":79223,"date":"2024-06-23T07:58:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T07:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/who-is-suraj-revanna-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-charges-against-him\/"},"modified":"2024-06-23T07:58:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T07:58:04","slug":"who-is-suraj-revanna-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-charges-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/23\/who-is-suraj-revanna-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-charges-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Suraj Revanna? Here&#8217;s all you need to know about the charges against him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2011\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-111204123,imgsize-83742.cms?fit=2011,1280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Who is Suraj Revanna? Here&#8217;s all you need to know about the charges against him\" title=\"Who is Suraj Revanna? Here&#8217;s all you need to know about the charges against him\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"11\"><a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/suraj-revanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suraj Revanna<\/a>, a leader in the Janata Dal (Secular) and a member of the legislative council (<a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mlc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLC<\/a>) in <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/karnataka\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karnataka<\/a>, was arrested on Sunday following <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/allegations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations<\/a> of <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sexual-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual assault<\/a>. A party worker filed a complaint claiming that Revanna sexually abused him at Revanna&#8217;s farmhouse in Ghannikada on June 16.<\/p>\n<h2>Details of the Complaint<\/h2>\n<p>The 27-year-old complainant alleged that Suraj Revanna committed &#8220;unnatural offences&#8221; and sexually abused him. The charges include serious sections of the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indian-penal-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Penal Code<\/a> (IPC). The complainant stated that Revanna assaulted him and later demanded \u20b95 crore, which was reduced to \u20b92 crore, to avoid filing a false case of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<h2>Revanna\u2019s Denial and Counter-Accusations<\/h2>\n<p>Suraj Revanna has categorically denied these allegations, suggesting that the charges are part of a <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/political-conspiracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political conspiracy<\/a>. He stated, \u201cI absolutely reject these allegations. They are part of a political conspiracy. An FIR has also been lodged against the complainant. Let the truth come out. I have faith in the law of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HL Shivakumar, an aide to Revanna, further explained that the complainant had initially approached Revanna seeking a job. When Revanna indicated that he could not help at the moment but might consider it in the future, the complainant then demanded money, alleging assault when the demands were not met.<\/p>\n<h2>The Revanna Family Under Scrutiny<\/h2>\n<p>Suraj Revanna is the eldest son of <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/holenarasipur-mla-hd-revanna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holenarasipur MLA HD Revanna<\/a> and the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. The entire Revanna family has been under scrutiny following multiple controversies. Recently, pen drives surfaced containing videos of Suraj\u2019s brother, Prajwal Revanna, with different women, leading to significant media attention.<\/p>\n<div data-grx-impression=\"Article Recommendations - Edit#articleshow_inline_impression#news\/india\/who-is-suraj-revanna-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-charges-against-him | news\/india\/prajwal-revannas-brother-suraj-arrested-over-alleged-sexual-assault-of-jds-party-worker | news\/india\/case-against-prajwal-revannas-brother-suraj-revanna-over-alleged-sexual-assault | news\/india\/2-booked-for-attempting-extortion-by-threatening-sexual-abuse-case-against-jds-mlc-suraj-revanna\" class=\"ar_wrp arwd_ld_chk font_mon clr hide\">\n<div class=\"ar_survey hide\">\n<p><span class=\"arb_btn\"><span class=\"ar_lt_arr\">\u00ab<\/span> Back to recommendation stories<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/article_recommendations_wd.cms?msid=111204123&wd_type=inner&art_seo=news\/india\/who-is-suraj-revanna-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-charges-against-himpotime:3--><\/p>\n<h2>Arrest of Prajwal Revanna<\/h2>\n<p>Adding to the family&#8217;s legal troubles, Prajwal Revanna was arrested by the <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/special-investigation-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Investigation Team<\/a> (SIT) at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on May 31. He was returning from Germany, where he had been evading arrest after rape and intimidation charges were filed against him. Moreover, HD Revanna and his wife Bhavani are currently out on bail, accused of kidnapping and detaining an alleged victim of Prajwal\u2019s sexual assaults.<br \/><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/who-is-suraj-revanna-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-charges-against-him\/articleshow\/111204123.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suraj Revanna, a leader in the Janata Dal (Secular) and a member of the legislative council (MLC) in Karnataka, was arrested on Sunday following allegations of sexual assault. A party worker filed a complaint claiming that Revanna sexually abused him at Revanna&#8217;s farmhouse in Ghannikada on June 16. Details of the Complaint The 27-year-old complainant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-111204123,imgsize-83742.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[9283,5808,671,70992,42157,56850,5265,16150,18305,40503,3809,40075,70551,70547],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79225,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79223\/revisions\/79225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}