Hassan: Suraj Revanna, the brother of former MP Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of assaulting multiple women sexually, was taken into custody on Sunday on charges of committing "unnatural offences" against him, according to police sources.

He was charged on Saturday for allegedly abusing a party worker sexually a few days prior. The charges are filed under various IPC provisions, including "unnatural offences."

Suraj was questioned at CEN police station here overnight before he was arrested, the sources said.

A 27 year-old man had complained to the police that Suraj Revanna, the eldest son of Holenarasipura MLA H D Revanna, sexually abused him at his farmhouse in Ghannikada on June 16.

The Holenarasipura police registered a case against the JD(S) MLC under IPC sections 377 (unnatural offences), 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) late on Saturday evening.

Suraj Revanna (37), has, however, strongly denied the accusation. Suraj had also alleged the man had filed a false complaint against him in a bid to extort Rs 5 crore from him.

On Friday, police registered a case of extortion against the JD(S) worker on a complaint by Suraj Revanna's close aide Shivakumar.

Shivakumar, a close assistant to Suraj Revanna, filed a complaint alleging extortion against the JD(S) worker, and on Friday, police registered the case.

It has been alleged that while the man demanded Rs 5 crore from Suraj Revanna, later it was reduced to Rs 2 crore.

Suraj's brother and former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna is in police custody for allegedly sexually assaulting several women and was arrested upon his return from Germany last month.

After being accused of rape and intimidation, Prajwal was detained on May 31st, shortly after his return from Germany, where he had taken refuge after losing the Hassan Lok Sabha seat.

Both their mother Bhavani and father H D Revanna are out on bail. They are being accused of abducting and harbouring a person who is said to have been sexually assaulted by their son Prajwal. PTI