# Two women in Prajwal Revanna cases report threats, seek police action 2026-08-19T22:15:59+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (2 source reports) A 34-year-old social activist has filed a police complaint in Bengaluru alleging she received abusive messages and threats after uploading a Facebook video about the recovery of an Android phone from rape convict and former MP Prajwal Revanna at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. The woman stated unknown persons using fake accounts falsely claimed she had criticised Union minister HD Kumaraswamy, and that her Facebook account was hacked days earlier. She has sought identification and action against those behind the threats and hacking. Separately, a 43-year-old key witness in Revanna's ongoing trial told the special court in Bengaluru on Thursday that she received threatening phone calls after recording her evidence and feared for herself and her son. The court has directed the additional director general of police (CID) to investigate the threats and provide protection to the witness. Revanna, 34, is serving a life sentence for repeatedly raping a domestic worker, and a mobile phone, pen drive, and scribbling pad were recently recovered from his prison cell. The next hearing will see a report on the alleged threats. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The first report leads with a social activist's harassment complaint tied to a video about a phone seizure from Prajwal Revanna, foregrounding online threats and a hacked account. The second is a court-centric wire report, detailing a witness's threats during trial and the judge's response. Times of India treats both as factual developments without editorialising. The first story omits the court direction for a CID inquiry, while the second omits the hacking allegation. A careful reader sees two parallel threads: extra-judicial intimidation and formal judicial process, both active. Next hearing will show whether the CID report and witness protection orders converge with the police probe into the social activist's complaint. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Leads with first-person harassment narrative and Facebook hacking, less focus on court process - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2) (neutral report) Leads with court hearing and witness protection direction, adds trial details and phone seizure This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-21T09:04:21+00:00. Tags: Bengaluru, Facebook, HD Kumaraswamy, Instagram, Prajwal Revanna Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/activist-harassed-after-posting-prajwal-revanna-video/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/activist-harassed-after-posting-prajwal-revanna-video/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/