HASSAN, 2 MAY 

JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna on Thursday said the scandal and charges of sexual abuse levelled against his brother and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna was a "conspiracy to weaken their family politically".

Suraj said he has no information about the whereabouts of Prajwal and expressed confidence about his brother's win in Lok Sabha polls.

On an FIR being registered against his father HD Revanna too, he said, "Let them put a thousand more (FIRs), what has to be proved will ultimately get proved. People of our taluk and district know what Revanna is. I don't want to react."

"Anyone can do anything out of political malice. If you take Hassan politics, there is no competitor for Revanna. No one has done politics like him. To weaken him, all these conspiracies are being hatched," he added.

Regarding reports of his meeting with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Suraj said they were mere speculations and that he had met the former in January, and after that, no such meeting had taken place.

Victims refuse to meet SIT

Meanwhile, victims in the videos of the alleged sex scandal involving the MP, are reportedly refusing to come before the SIT which is probing the case. Some of the victims are said to have told the SIT officials that they don't want to talk to them about the case, while a few are not reachable, sources said. —PTI