Leaked video, victim's statement. Proof borne out of forensic tools

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) began the investigation into the sensational rape case involving former Hassan JDS MP Prajwal Revanna May last year with a leaked video of his sexual aggression against his employee and the victim's statement, SIT chief and Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), BK Singh, said.

- BALA CHAUHAN @Bengaluru

Prajwal was convicted in the case by the special court on August 1 and sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday.

Soon after the sentencing, in a first and exclusive chat with The New Sunday Express, the SIT chief said that the evidence borne out of investigation in the rape case rested on "victim's statement, forensic science and tools including DNA matching and voice sampling etc".

Narrating the trail of investigation, he said that the video, with graphic details of the rape shot by Prajwal, mainly to blackmail and silence the victim "did not show his face".