The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the obscene videos case involving former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson and JD(S) Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan constituency, Prajwal Revanna, on Thursday issued a lookout notice against him.

The notice was issued at all immigration points across the world, India Today reported.

The development comes as Revanna allegedly fled to Frankfurt, Germany, as a huge cache of explicit videos and photographs showing him indulging in the sexual abuse of several women went viral on social media a day after phase 2 elections were held in his constituency on April 26.

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Prajwal Revanna is at the centre of a huge row after a woman accused him and his father, HD Revanna, of sexually harassing her. The woman, who has told police that he worked as a cook at the Revannas’ home, has also accused the JDS MP of harassing her daughter over video calls.

Prajwal Revanna’s lawyer Arun G had earlier said there are various dimensions in the case and that required time to be addressed. “He has said that he needs 7 days to come and cooperate with the investigation. I feel accommodating seven days should not cause any serious difficulty to the investigation,” he said.

In a post on X, the JDS MP recently said, “As I am not in Bangalore to attend the inquiry, I have communicated to CID, Bangalore, through my advocate. The truth will prevail soon.”

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Following the accusations, Prajwal Revanna was suspended by the party over allegations of sexual abuse till the SIT probe ordered by the Karnataka government is underway.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said Revanna has to appear before the Special Investigation Team probing the matter at the earliest and indicated that he may be arrested if he does not turn up. Earlier, the SIT had turned down his request for seven days’ time to appear before the investigators, NDTV reported.

The allegations have, meanwhile, sparked a massive political row in the election season. The JDS has tied up with the BJP for the polls and the allegations against Prajwal Revanna have prompted the Congress to launch an all-out attack against the BJP.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and questioned his silence. “The leader on whose shoulder the PM puts his hand and gets himself photographed, the leader for whom the PM himself goes to campaign 10 days before the election. He praises him on the stage. Today, that leader from Karnataka is absconding from the country. Just hearing about his heinous crimes makes my heart tremble. He has ruined the lives of hundreds of women. Modi ji will you remain silent?” she said in a post on X.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah has hit back. He has said the BJP cannot remain with those who commit atrocities against women and questioned why the Congress government in Karnataka did not act against him earlier.