After Prajwal Revanna's arrest, Congress tells PM Modi to break silence

Following the arrest of Prajwal Revanna who is suspected of sexual abuse the Congress questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modis silence on the issue on Saturday claiming that he has failed to give women justice over the past ten yearsA Bengaluru Police squad had arrested and suspended Janata Dal Secular MP Revanna on his return from Germany and he was charged with sexual abuse On Friday he was placed under arrest again He was placed under arrest by the police until June 6 by a special court in BengaluruShortly after arriving in Bengaluru after midnight from Germany Revanna was taken into custody by a Special Investigation Team SIT in the early hours of Friday He departed the nation on April 27Alka Lamba the head of the All India Mahila Congress attacked Modi for allowing Revanna to escape in the first place claiming that permitting a mass rapist to leave is Modi ki Guarantee She added that the SIT which the state government established had detained Revanna the member of parliament from Hassan in Karnataka and that a female police team from the SIT had carried out the arrest We congratulate the Karnataka government Lamba said Narendra Modi kept raising the Beti Bachao slogan but did not break his silence on Prajwal Revanna she told a press conference at the All India Congress Committee AICC headquarters here According to Lamba Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote to Modi about the situation pleading for the Centres assistance but received no response The chief minister had to write to Modi again after 21 days asking him to bring Revanna back to the countryThis shows how serious Modi was about the Prajwal Revanna case Lamba saidShe said the possibility of pressure being put on victims and witnesses still exists and we urge the prime minister to break his silence and assure that there would be no tampering with evidence and justice will be ensured to our daughtersThe Congress leader also cited the case of a Dalit girl being raped in Madhya Pradesh and the perpetrators of the crime allegedly being Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leaders In this case first the victims brother then the victims uncle were killed Finally the victim also died by falling off an ambulance while bringing back her uncles mortal remains she said about the incidents that have taken place in Madhya Pradeshs Sagar In the last five months 12000 cases of rape and sexual harassment of women including 1644 girls have come to light in Rajasthan Lamba said hitting out at the BJP She said that in Sidhi Madhya Pradesh around twentyfive tribal women and students had been sexually assaultedIt is unfortunate that in the last 10 years Narendra Modi has failed to provide justice to our daughters Lamba alleged Break your silence as it encourages the perpetrators of such crimes she saidRevanna 33 the grandson of JDS supremo and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda arrived in Bengaluru from Munich Germany on Friday eluding summonses and leaving the country for slightly over a month However a few minutes later the SIT detained Revanna and took him away for questioningEarlier Revanna had promised to appear before the SIT on Friday in a video message He was then brought before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate K N Shivakumar who heard the JDS leaders objections and the remand motion from Revannas attorney before remanding him in police custodyKarnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara claimed that the NDAs candidate for the Lok Sabha election from Hassan who is accused of sexually abusing multiple women was detained following the conclusion of the legal procedureIn the initial complaint filed against him on April 28 at the Holenarasipura Town police station in Hassan Prajwal Revanna is charged with harassing a 47yearold former maid sexually In the case he is identified as the second accused the prime accused is his father local MLA H D Revanna Prajwal Revanna has so far been booked in three cases of sexual assault There are also charges of rape against himIn light of the accusations of sexual abuse against him the Karnataka government had requested that Revannas diplomatic passport be revoked The Ministry of External Affairs MEA had served him with a showcause notice Deve Gowda had recently issued a stern warning to his grandson asking him to return to the country and face the probe into the allegations while asserting that there will be no interference from him or other family members into the enquiryThe JDS supremo had reiterated that his grandson should be given the harshest punishment under the law if found guiltyIn response to the accusations Prajwal Revanna has been suspended by the JDS Last month Modi declared that there should be no room for someone such as Prajwal Revanna and he blamed the Congress government in Karnataka for permitting the JDS MP to leave the nation and be releasedWith Inputs from PTI