Bengaluru, Aug. 2 -- A special court in Bengaluru on Friday convicted suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna in a rape case filed by a 48-year-old woman who had worked as domestic help at his family's farmhouse in Hassan. The quantum of punishment is expected to be announced on Saturday.

The woman, in her complaint filed in April 28, 2024, accused Revanna of repeatedly sexually assaulting her between 2021 and 2024, beginning during the COVID-19 lockdown. She alleged that Revanna recorded videos of the assaults and used them to threaten her into silence. She came forward after several explicit videos allegedly involving Revanna appeared online earlier this year.

This case, the first of four criminal ca...