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Revanna case witness reports threat calls, seeks protection
Times of India··21 Aug
A 43-year-old social worker from Holenarasipura, listed as prosecution witness 4 in a rape trial against former MP Prajwal Revanna, told a Bengaluru special court she received threatening calls after her examination-in-chief. She was first examined on 6 July 2026. During cross-examination on 20 August she said she feared for herself and her son there.
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What It Means For You
- If you are this witness or her son, the court has now asked CID and, in some reports, SIT to inquire into the calls and to arrange legal protection.
- Anyone due to testify in the same trial can note the bench said the accused remain responsible for harm even after evidence is finished.
- If you follow prison-contraband news, the separate cell-phone seizure at Parappana Agrahara is under investigation and is not this threat complaint.
What's Happening
- The threat claim was made on the record during Thursday's cross-examination, not in a separate police station first.
- The next hearing is when CID is to file its report on the alleged calls.
- Revanna is already a convict in one rape case and an accused in this continuing trial.
Why Witness Protection Is Now On The Trial Record
- Holenarasipura in Hassan district is the Revanna family's political base. The witness is described as a social worker from there.
- A special court for cases against people's representatives is hearing the matter in Bengaluru.
- A separate activist in Bengaluru this week also reported online abuse after posting about the prison phone seizure, which is a different complaint.
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