JD(S) MLA H D Revanna, who is accused in cases of molestation and kidnapping, on Wednesday told the people of Hassan that they need not be afraid as he and his father H D Deve Gowda were there to protect them in the wake of developments that have rocked the district.

On December 15, with no prior consultation, the central government scheduled the introduction of a bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and replace it with the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) — VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025. In fact, this Bill should have been two different pieces of legislation, because the MGNREGA and VB-G RAM G are fundamentally different in scope and objective.

An excavation in Karnataka’s Hassan has uncovered a murder mystery that lay hidden underground for two years. The murder unravelled after the death of Gangadhar, 55, due to illness on August 2 in Santebasavanahalli village under the Alur taluk of the Hassan district. Gangadhar had two sons — Raghavendra, 32, who worked with the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), and Rupesh, who stayed at home. Following Gangadhar’s death, relatives started reaching out to Raghavendra, his elder son, but they could not contact him even as Rupesh handled the funeral arrangements. However, their relatives became suspicious.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has suggested the family of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda was aware of the plans of Prajwal Revanna, the former prime minister’s grandson and Janata Dal-Secular party MP from Hassan, to leave the country in the wake of the emergence of sex videos and assault allegations linked to him. Reacting to the open letter written by Deve Gowda on Thursday to his grandson to return to the country to face the law of the land, Siddaramaiah said, “According to me it was he (Deve Gowda) who sent him away, all this is for public consumption. Did Prajwal Revanna leave the country without the knowledge of his family? Did he leave without telling anyone?”.

Hassan police conducted a thorough search of the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office on December 15, 2025, after receiving a bomb threat via email. A bomb disposal squad and a dog squad were deployed for the inspection, which occurred while the DC was holding a meeting. The police found no actual bombs.