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The scion of a prominent political family, the lawmaker, Prajwal
Revanna, 33, is the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve
Gowda, the nephew of a former chief minister of the state and
the son of another former Karnataka minister.
The accusations surfaced last week as half of the state voted in
India's seven-phase general elections, in which Revanna was
seeking a second term for his Janata Dal (Secular) party.
"The government has decided to form a special investigation team
in connection with Prajwal Revanna's obscene video case,"
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, whose Congress party is a
BJP rival, said in a social media post over the weekend.
"Obscene video clips are circulating ... where it appears that
women have been sexually assaulted," he added.
Police registered a complaint against Revanna based on the
statement of a woman who worked in the family home, and also
named his father, H.D. Revanna, as a suspect, media said.
Prajwal Revanna did not respond to requests for comment, with
media saying he was out of the country.
"I will not react about anything," his father told reporters on
Monday, but added the son would return when required.
"Since this has been handed over to a special investigation
team, I will not say anything that will affect it," H.D. Revanna
added. "He had to go on a trip and he has gone ... He will come
when he is called to join the investigation."
(Reporting by Shivam Patel in New Delhi; Editing by Y P Rajesh
and Clarence Fernandez)
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