Prajwal Revanna taking into custody after court remanded to police custody
The Parappana Agrahara police produced Prajwal and his former cellmate Pratap Rai before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Court 42 on Tuesday afternoon, seeking his PC on a body warrant. The police took him to the Parappana Agrahara police station, which is located less than 500 metres from the prison. During the surprise raid at the Central Prison on August 11, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) police found a 5G smartphone in his high-security cell on the first floor.
The phone contained several applications, including WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, among other OTT platforms, and a few videos, according to police. BENGALURU: Former MP Prajwal Revanna has landed in police custody for two days over the use of a mobile phone inside his cell at Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, last month. The development comes after investigators intensified the probe into the violation inside the prison last month, with police now set to question Revanna as part of the case. The police remanded both the accused in PC for two days.
Prajwal is serving a life sentence after being convicted in a rape case in August last year, while Pratap is arrested in connection with a POCSO case.