Janata Dal (Secular) MLC Suraj Revanna who is accused of sexually assaulting two men was remanded in judicial custody till July 18 by a Bengaluru court on Wednesday.
Suraj is the elder brother of former JD(S) MP, Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual abuse cases in a controversial rape and video recording scandal involving multiple survivors.
It was on July 1 that the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate remanded Suraj in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), till July 3. The CID last week subjected him to a medical examination and his DNA samples were also collected, news agency PTU reported. The investigation team has also collected DNA samples from the two victims who have alleged that they were sexually abused by the legislator, it added.
Suraj Revanna, who was arrested on June 23, was also subjected to a potency test.
In the first case, a youth from Hassan district alleged that Revanna sexually abused him and threatened him with murder at his farmhouse in Gannikada on June 16.
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In the second case, the complainant alleged that he was sexually abused during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Revanna faces charges under Sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
