Overview
- The 13,712-page filing in a Hassan court examines 52 individuals and brings charges against 39 for distributing explicit videos and photographs.
- Investigators report an organised distribution network supported by forensic analysis, statements from 277 witnesses and records of nearly 70 pen drives procured for sharing the clips.
- At least one pen-drive purchase was traced via a UPI transaction attributed to an accused, according to officials familiar with the probe.
- Those charged include Naveen Kumar N R, former driver Karthik N, auditor Harish S N and advocate Devaraje Gowda, with several accused linked to local units of the BJP and Congress.
- Prajwal Revanna is not named in this circulation-focused case, with officials noting his separate 2025 conviction in a rape case, while an accused has signalled a High Court challenge to the chargesheet.