Bengaluru, May 3 (PTI) Former Karnataka Minister H D Revanna on Thursday moved the People's Representative Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a sexual harassment case registered against him and his son Prajwal Revanna.

Revanna, son of former Prime Minister and JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda, moved the court after the SIT formed by the Karnataka government to probe a sexual harassment case against Prajwal Revanna served him a notice.

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Prajwal is facing allegations of sexually abusing women. The state government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the case.

Scores of explicit video clips allegedly involving the 33-year-old MP had started making the rounds in Hassan in recent days.

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He was the NDA candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency where polling was held on April 26.

Based on a complaint by a cook against Revanna and Prajwal, the notice was served to them.

Prajwal is presently abroad and has sought seven days time to return to the country, while the police have issued a lookout notice against him.

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