Cong plaint against Devaraje, HDK in Prajwal case

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Karnataka Congress on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Central Investigation Department (CID) against BJP Hassan district Devaraje Gowda and JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy.

The plaint was made in relation to the case of JD(S) MP from Hassan Prajwal Revanna’s case wherein he is accused of assaulting scores of women in nearly 3,000 videos that started doing the rounds on April 22 in the lead up to the April 26 Hassan Lok Sabha election.

Congress leader G Prakash in his letter to the CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) alleged that the statements given by both Gowda and Kumaraswamy were inimical to the smooth functioning of the probe.

He demanded that comments by both be taken cognizance of and that action be taken.

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The Congressman said that Gowda had admitted to having seen the obscene videos and having possession of the same, demanding that the BJP leader be interrogated and the relevant material with him be assessed.

Prakash also referred to Gowda’s two press conferences at the Press Club in Bengaluru in the recent past.

The BJP leader had contested against JD(S) MLA from Holenarasipura HD Revanna, another rape accused currently in custody, back in May 2023 and lost.

On Kumaraswamy, he said that the two-time chief minister had claimed in an interview that some of the women complainants in the cases were put up in the official Kumara Krupa Guest House, which constituted intimidation, Prakash said.

“We request that the statements by Devaraje Gowda and Kumaraswamy be verified and necessary action be taken against t