Suraj Revanna arrested: ₹5 crore extortion, job promise, sexual assault | How the case unfolded

JD(S) MLC , brother of imprisoned politician Prajwal Revanna, faced charges from Karnataka Police on Saturday for allegedly engaging in unlawful sexual activity with a party worker. The man lodged a case against Suraj Revanna at the Holenarasipura police station in Hassan district on Saturday, accusing him of sexually assaulting him at his farmhouse.

However, Suraj Revanna (37), grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and nephew of Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy, vehemently denied allegations of sodomy levelled against him, asserting that the complainant fabricated the charges to extort ₹5 crores from him.

The case progresses with legal proceedings involving allegations and counter-allegations between Suraj Revanna and Chethan KS, alongside the extortion charges against Chethan and his brother-in-law.

A JD(S) worker named Chethan KS accused Suraj Revanna of sexually assaulting him at Suraj Revanna's farmhouse on June 16. Following the accusation, Suraj Revanna's close aide, Shivakumar, accused the worker of attempting to extort money from Suraj Revanna by threatening to accuse him of sexual assault falsely. The extortion demand is later allegedly reduced to ₹2 crore.

On Friday, police registered a case of extortion, criminal intimidation, and conspiracy against Chethan KS and his brother-in-law under IPC sections 384, 506, and 34 based on Shivakumar's complaint.

Chethan KS, too, has filed a police complaint accusing Suraj Revanna of sexual assault. On Sunday, Suraj Revanna was arrested by the police on charges of “unnatural offences" based on Chethan K S's accusation.

The FIR read that Suraj Revanna, after noticing the work of him (the complainant) in Lok Sabha polls, had sought his number and had asked him to “meet