Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Sub-Editor)
JD(S) MLC Dr Suraj Revanna, accused of sexually assaulting two men has been remanded to two more days SIT custody till July 3 on Monday.
The SIT produced Suraj before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) seeking five more days custody citing that the accused was not cooperating with the investigations and the Investigating officials need to gather more evidence against him including mobile phone and hair strands during the spot inspection,which was sent to FSL for analysis.
The accused was booked by the Holenarasipura police on June 22 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 (IPC) following a complaint by a party worker .
Suraj was arrested on June 23 and was remanded in CID custody till July 1.
On June 21,a case was registered by Suraj as his personal assistant Shivakumar accusing the victim and and his brother-in-law of attempting to extort money from the MLC.
Based on Shivakumar’s complaint,Holenarasipura Town police opened a case under IPC sections 384 (extortion),506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (involvement of others in the conspiracy).
The same man filed another complaint against Dr Suraj claiming that he was sexually assaulted by the politician during COVID-19,four years ago.
A seperate case was then registered under IPC Sections 342 (wrongful confinement), 506 (criminal intimidation), 377 (unnatural offences) and 34 (common intention).
So far,the CID has held custodial interrogations and a spot mahazar (recreation of the crime scene). Suraj was also subjected to medical tests and his DNA samples were collected.A report is awaited.