Prajwal Revanna’s 1st reaction after arrest: Lawyer says suspended MP ‘ready to face law’, ‘came to Bengaluru because…’

The lawyer of suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, who was arrested in an alleged sexual harassment case, has shared his client's first response. Advocate Arun G on Friday said the Hassan MP had urged the media to refrain from negative campaigning as he arrived in Bengaluru to cooperate with the investigation into the alleged sexual harassment case. The rape-accused MP, who fled the country after thousands of videos of him sexually abusing women became public, was arrested in the early hours of Friday.

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While speaking to reporters, the advocate said, “He told me that he is ready to face the law. He has appealed to the media that let there be no negative campaign. He is before the SIT to cooperate." 

"My whole purpose of coming to Bengaluru before SIT is that I have to stand by my words. I will give the fullest cooperation. These are his words,” the lawyer was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

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"Yesterday, as per the Standard Operating Procedure, he was held at the immigration centre and was handed over to the investigative agencies, which is right as per the procedure. What I have been informed is he has been arrested in the Holenarasipura case, which is the first case," his advocate added.

Meanwhile, the suspended Hassan MP was interrogated by the SIT over allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation after he was arrested at the Bengaluru Airport in the wee hours of Friday. The SIT also issued a notice to Bhavani Revanna, the mother of the suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP. The SIT has asked her to be present at her Holenarasipur house on June 1.

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Nearly a month after staying out of India, the suspended JD (S) politician returned to India from Germany. He was arrested as soon as he reached the Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport.

(With inputs from PTI)