Bengaluru, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Friday said suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexual exploitation of several women, has been arrested after completing due process and further legal processes will be initiated. Will be followed.
He said the arrest would help the Special Investigation Team formed by the state government to investigate the cases against the Hassan MP.
Prajwal was arrested by the SIT in the early hours of Friday, minutes after his arrival from Germany.
"Prajwal Revanna landed from Munich, Germany around 12.40 am-12:50 am. There was an arrest warrant against him, SIT accordingly arrested him and took him into custody and further legal procedures will be followed today.I have not discussed it with him yet. Our officers,” God said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, “The only information so far is that he (Prajwal) has come. He has been arrested and what action should be taken as per law, like medical examination, producing him. " Judiciary.All procedures will be followed including his interrogation."
"...Naturally he should have cooperated in the arrest. His immigration papers were cleared and he was brought out (from the airport). Since he had a diplomatic passport, things went smoothly, all due process." After completion, he was arrested." " He added.Asked whether the government would appeal to more victims to come forward now that Prajwal has been arrested, Parameshwara said, "We have already said that people who have had trouble with him should come forward and the police. Complain to the SIT, and we will do so." Provide them every kind of security. We will have to wait and see further developments."
Asked about reports that Prajwal had destroyed evidence from his phone and was claiming that he had lost the phone, the minister said he was not aware of it and had not heard anything about it from the SIT. Is.
Responding to a question on whether there was a delay in the arrest, the Home Minister said, if Prajwal was in the country or state, a team could have been sent to secure him, but since he was abroad, certain procedures had to be followed. Had to be followed."So through the CBI, Interpol was informed and a Blue Corner Notice was issued against him. Those procedures were followed. After knowing all those things it was thought that if the Lok Sabha election results go against him, Diplomatic passport will be withdrawn, and he will have to come back, he had issued a video statement that he will surrender on May 31. He has come now, this will help the SIT in the investigation.
Prajwal, 33, grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister D Deve Gowda and candidate of the BJP-JD(S) alliance from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, is accused of sexually exploiting several women.Three cases of sexual harassment have been registered against him so far. He is also accused of rape.
Hassan left for Germany on April 27, a day after voting. Following a request by the SIT through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a 'Blue Corner Notice' was earlier issued by Interpo seeking information about his whereabouts.
A Blue Corner Notice is issued by the international police cooperation body to collect additional information from its member countries about the identity, location or activities of a person in relation to a crime.
A special court for elected representatives issued an arrest warrant against Prajwal on May 1 following an application filed by the SIT.The Congress-led Karnataka government has urged the Center to cancel his diplomatic passport.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has sent a show cause notice to Prajwa asking why his diplomatic passport should not be canceled in view of the sexual harassment allegations against him, as sought by the Karnataka government.
He said the arrest would help the Special Investigation Team formed by the state government to investigate the cases against the Hassan MP.
Prajwal was arrested by the SIT in the early hours of Friday, minutes after his arrival from Germany.
"Prajwal Revanna landed from Munich, Germany around 12.40 am-12:50 am. There was an arrest warrant against him, SIT accordingly arrested him and took him into custody and further legal procedures will be followed today.I have not discussed it with him yet. Our officers,” God said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, “The only information so far is that he (Prajwal) has come. He has been arrested and what action should be taken as per law, like medical examination, producing him. " Judiciary.All procedures will be followed including his interrogation."
"...Naturally he should have cooperated in the arrest. His immigration papers were cleared and he was brought out (from the airport). Since he had a diplomatic passport, things went smoothly, all due process." After completion, he was arrested." " He added.Asked whether the government would appeal to more victims to come forward now that Prajwal has been arrested, Parameshwara said, "We have already said that people who have had trouble with him should come forward and the police. Complain to the SIT, and we will do so." Provide them every kind of security. We will have to wait and see further developments."
Asked about reports that Prajwal had destroyed evidence from his phone and was claiming that he had lost the phone, the minister said he was not aware of it and had not heard anything about it from the SIT. Is.
Responding to a question on whether there was a delay in the arrest, the Home Minister said, if Prajwal was in the country or state, a team could have been sent to secure him, but since he was abroad, certain procedures had to be followed. Had to be followed."So through the CBI, Interpol was informed and a Blue Corner Notice was issued against him. Those procedures were followed. After knowing all those things it was thought that if the Lok Sabha election results go against him, Diplomatic passport will be withdrawn, and he will have to come back, he had issued a video statement that he will surrender on May 31. He has come now, this will help the SIT in the investigation.
Prajwal, 33, grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister D Deve Gowda and candidate of the BJP-JD(S) alliance from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency, is accused of sexually exploiting several women.Three cases of sexual harassment have been registered against him so far. He is also accused of rape.
Hassan left for Germany on April 27, a day after voting. Following a request by the SIT through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a 'Blue Corner Notice' was earlier issued by Interpo seeking information about his whereabouts.
A Blue Corner Notice is issued by the international police cooperation body to collect additional information from its member countries about the identity, location or activities of a person in relation to a crime.
A special court for elected representatives issued an arrest warrant against Prajwal on May 1 following an application filed by the SIT.The Congress-led Karnataka government has urged the Center to cancel his diplomatic passport.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has sent a show cause notice to Prajwa asking why his diplomatic passport should not be canceled in view of the sexual harassment allegations against him, as sought by the Karnataka government.