In a particularly cruel twist, the situation was worsened by social media trolls and meme creators who trivialized the mass sexual assault into comedy. Videos making fun of the incident garnered over 800,000 views, leading social organizations to file police complaints demanding they be taken down.

In late April 2024, just days before the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency went to the polls, hundreds of pen drives containing explicit video clips began circulating anonymously across the region. The clips depicted a powerful political figure—Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former Indian Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda—subjecting various women to explicit sexual acts, harassment, and severe coercion.

On May 31, 2024, upon his return to India, an all-women SIT arrested Prajwal Revanna.

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