K'taka SIT Arrests JD(S) MLA H D Revanna In Kidnapping Case; Alert Issued For Son Prajwal's Return

Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) MLA HD Revanna was arrested by the Karnataka Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with a kidnapping case. Sources informed India Today TV that the JD(S) legislator was apprehended from the residence of his father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. He underwent a routine medical examination and is scheduled to appear before the magistrate on Sunday. The Karnataka Police took HD Revanna into custody after his plea for interim protection from arrest in the kidnapping case was dismissed by a Bengaluru court. Allegations suggest that his associate abducted the mother of a 20-year-old man, Raju HD, who, along with his mother, worked as house help at Revanna's farmhouse. The woman was reportedly kidnapped from her home on April 29 by Satish Babanna, a relative of Revanna, and was held captive at MLA's close assistant Rajasekhar's farmhouse in Kalenalli. The Karnataka Police rescued the woman earlier in the day.