Sex scandal: waiting for facts to come out, says HD Kumaraswamy
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Former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Image credit: PTI
Bengaluru: JD(s) leader HD Kumaraswamy told reporters on Sunday that he is waiting for the facts to come out from the investigation on his nephew over an alleged sex scandal. He asserted that he would not forgive anyone who has committed a crime as per law, PTI reported.
Former chief minister of Karnataka, Kumaraswamy, said that he has nothing to do with his nephew and accused, Prajwal Revanna, reportedly leaving the country. It is the responsibility of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to get him back if required, he said.
The 33-year-old Prajwal Revanna is the son of former prime minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda's elder son H D Revanna, who is an MLA and former minister.
Some explicit video clips allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna had started making the rounds in Hassan in recent days.
Prajwal Revanna is the BJP-JD(S) alliance's candidate from Hassan, which went to polls on Friday.
Kumaraswamy said, "I have noticed that the chief minister has ordered an SIT probe. Whether it is me or Deve Gowda (his father), we have always conducted ourselves respectfully towards women and have responded positively to anyone who comes with any suffering. We have tried to address them."
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "The Hassan-related issue that started during elections, let the facts come out through a probe. Whoever it is who has committed the mistake, as per the law of the land...there is no question of forgiving anyone who has committed the mistake. So let the facts come out from the probe; after that, I will react."