Prajwal Revanna has been in trouble again after prison officials found out that a mobile phone and pen drive were recovered from him in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru and arrested him for possession of prohibited electronic devices.
This led to a new case of possession of prohibited devices. Revanna’s mobile phone and pen drive were in his cell, and the prison authorities took them during a search inside the prison.
According to reports, the mobile phone was hidden in Revanna’s clothes and a pen drive was also found during the inspection. That has raised questions about prison security and how electronic devices were allegedly brought into the high-security facility.
The new case is happening when Revanna is serving a life sentence after a rape case involving a domestic worker. A Bengaluru special court convicted him in August 2025. A number of serious allegations had aroused political and public attention in Karnataka.
The discovery of the electronic devices is especially significant since digital material has been a central aspect of Revanna’s legal proceedings. Now authorities have to look into the origin of the mobile phone and pen drive, their arrival in prison and who helped him get them.
The incident might also shed light on security at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. The recovery of a mobile phone from an inmate raises the issue that monitoring and restrictions on electronic devices in the facility are possible. CCTV footage, prison records and the movements of those who had access to Revanna may be reviewed.
Revanna, who had previously represented Hassan in the Lok Sabha, was at the center of a lot of controversy in 2024 after videos of him were circulated and soon went viral. There were many investigations and his political life got badly affected.
His latest legal problem is different from the cases for which he was convicted. The new case is of prohibited devices inside the prison; investigators will need to find out the circumstances of the recovery and who was involved and whether anyone else was involved.
The pen drive could also draw attention because electronic evidence has been disputed during proceedings related to Revanna’s cases. Questions surrounding the collection, handling and admissibility of digital evidence have been raised before courts during the legal proceedings.
As the investigation unfolds, authorities should discover how the devices got to Revanna and if prison rules were broken. Any further action will be based on the results of the investigation and the evidence that officials have collected.
As for the former MP’s case, he is still in prison and the legal case continues.
