India is successful uproar aft an state of the nation's premier curate fled to Germany amid allegations helium raped oregon sexually assaulted up to 400 women portion filming himself.
Prajwal Revanna, 33, the grandson of a erstwhile premier curate of India, is besides alleged to person utilized the 2,800 videos of the assaults to blackmail his victims. Police are presently probing the allegations.
Revanna, whose gramps is HD Deve Gowda, India's premier curate for 9 months successful 1996, runs the Janata Dal (Secular) oregon JDS, enactment which is politically allied with existent PM Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful the authorities of Karnataka, southbound India.
The allegations of maltreatment were made nationalist past week, aft astir 2,000 USB sticks that held videos of Revanna's attacks were near connected buses, trains and parkland benches crossed Karnataka arsenic the state's 28 constituencies are holding its elections.
One alleged victim, a erstwhile councillor successful Bangalore, told section media that Revanna, who was lasting for a spot in a spot successful the metropolis of Hassan earlier helium fled India, repeatedly raped her.
Modi ally Prajwal Revanna, 33, (pictured) is alleged to person raped up to 400 women
Revanna was an state of PM Narendra Modi (pictured) and his BJP party
Videos of the alleged attacks were reportedly shared utilizing 2,000 USB drives near successful nationalist places (File Image)
'He asked maine to region my apparel and I denied and said I would shriek for help. He past threatened me, saying that helium was carrying a gun.
'He threatened to leak the video to the nationalist if I revealed it to anyone. He utilized to video telephone maine and inquire maine to strip. He besides raped maine respective times.'
The leaker is believed to person been a erstwhile adjutant and operator to Revanna, who reportedly utilized a diplomatic passport to flight India.
Modi himself has been accused of doing thing to punish Revanna contempt knowing astir the allegations.
Rahul Gandhi, a subordinate of the absorption party, the Indian National Congress, said that BJP officials were alert of the allegations earlier they were made public, telling a rally successful Karnataka: 'This is not a enactment ungraded but a wide rape. The premier curate has supported a wide rapist.
'All BJP leaders knew that Prajwal Revanna is simply a wide rapist and they inactive allied with him and fielded him successful the polls.'
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath thrust connected a vehicle, arsenic Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters react
Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister and person of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gestures during an predetermination run rally successful Gumla district
Though Revanna hasn't straight refuted the allegations, having fled the state aft a erstwhile maid successful his location spoke to constabulary to allege helium had repeatedly raped her, helium himself filed a constabulary ailment claiming the videos being shared astir to 'tarnish his representation and poison voters’ minds' were 'doctored.'
The maid, who has not been named, besides alleged that Revanna's father, HD Revanna, sexually assaulted her astatine a farmhouse. He has since been arrested implicit the charges.
Revanna's enactment has suspended him arsenic constabulary analyse the allegations, portion Modi's party, the BJP, has distanced itself from him.
It said: 'We person thing to bash with the videos and neither bash we person immoderate comments to make.'
MailOnline has contacted the Germany Embassy successful London for comment.
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