{"id":23222,"date":"2026-09-12T07:37:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=23222"},"modified":"2026-09-12T07:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T07:37:56","slug":"rape-convict-ex-mp-prajwal-revannas-smuggled-jail-phone-contained-multiple-pornographic-videos-police-bengaluru-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=23222","title":{"rendered":"Rape convict ex-MP Prajwal Revanna&#8217;s smuggled jail phone contained multiple pornographic videos: Police | Bengaluru News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134112786,imgsize-67852,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/-.jpg\" alt=\"Rape convict ex-MP Prajwal Revanna's smuggled jail phone contained multiple pornographic videos: Police\" title=\"During the inspection, a prohibited mobile phone, SIM card, charger and notebook were found in a cell.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"During the inspection, a prohibited mobile phone, SIM card, charger and notebook were found in a cell.\">During the inspection, a prohibited mobile phone, SIM card, charger and notebook were found in a cell.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>BENGALURU: Multiple pornographic videos were found on a mobile phone and other devices seized from jailed former Janata Dal (Secular) MP <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/prajwal-revanna\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prajwal Revanna<\/a>, police sources told TOI on Saturday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>Revanna, the former Hassan MP who is currently serving a sentence after being convicted in a sexual assault case, allegedly received a mobile phone, SIM card, charger and pen drive in a coordinated smuggling operation involving five others, including a jail staffer, police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>All five people have been arrested in connection with the case, police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Investigators said Revanna allegedly paid Rs 70,000 to have the mobile phone smuggled into the prison and another Rs 30,000 for the SIM card.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Jail warden Prakash Gawade allegedly handed the phone to Revanna personally. Undertrial prisoner Mohammed Tausif, who is accused in the DJ Halli case, allegedly concealed the SIM card in his mouth and passed it to Revanna, police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Gawade allegedly handed over the charger and pen drive to Revanna during subsequent visits, investigators said. The jail staffer had previously been arrested and suspended on charges of allegedly smuggling ganja into the prison.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>In August, Central Crime Branch officers raided Revanna\u2019s barrack and seized the mobile phone, SIM card, charger and pen drive. An FIR was subsequently registered against Revanna and his co-inmate Pratap Rai.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Rai, however, denied any involvement, saying Revanna had been using the mobile phone even before Rai joined him in the barrack.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cWhile Naveen and Siddiqui arranged the phone and the Sim, Manjunath connected these men with Prajwal and Gawde. The four private persons and Prajwal said that besides paying money for mobile and Sim, they paid Rs 1 lakh (Rs 70,000 for mobile and Rs 30,000 for Sim) to Gawde,\u201d an investigating officer told TOI.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/bengaluru\/rape-convict-ex-mp-prajwal-revannas-smuggled-jail-phone-contained-multiple-pornographic-videos-police\/articleshow\/134112429.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the inspection, a prohibited mobile phone, SIM card, charger and notebook were found in a cell. 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