Blue Corner notice issued against Prajwal Revanna; Cong questions PM's silence

The Karnataka government on Sunday said a Blue Corner Notice has been issued against JDS MP Prajwal Revanna facing sexual abuse allegations while his MLA father was remanded to custody in a related case reported news agency PTIThe Congress party kept up the attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the matter asking him to break his silence on the issue in which the BJPs alliance party leader is accused The Congressled Karnataka government announced financial assistance to those were allegedly sexually assaulted by PrajwalChief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced financial assistance to the rape victims who are in hundreds since it is a unique case which has never happened in the last 75 years Congress general secretary and the partys Karnataka incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala said at a press conference in the presence of the state CM in Bengaluru reported PTIWith Prajwal stated to have left the country a Blue Corner notice has been issued against him and the Interpols help is being taken to bring the NDAs Hassan Lok Sabha candidate back to India Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara said reported PTIA Blue Corner Notice is issued by the international police cooperation body to collect additional information from its member countries about a persons identity location or activities in relation to a crime Already Blue Corner notice has been issued The Interpol will inform all the countries and locate him Parameshwara told reporters reported PTIExplicit video clips allegedly involving the 33yearold Prajwal grandson of JDS patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda had started making the rounds in Hassan in recent days following which the state government constituted a Special Investigation Team SIT to probe the sexual abuse allegations against the MP reported PTIMeanwhile on Sunday Prajwals father and JDS MLA HD Revanna was remanded to police custody till May 8 by a Bengaluru court in connection with a case of alleged kidnapping and illegal confining of a woman Revanna was arrested on Saturday by the SIT after his bail plea was rejected in the case related to kidnapping and illegally confining a woman who is the mother of three children Police had also arrested one Sathish Babanna in connection with the abduction and secured the victim from a farmhouseThe FIR was registered against the 66yearold Revanna based on a complaint by the womans son on Thursday After his medical examination at the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital here the former minister was produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate who remanded him to the custody of the SIT reported PTIThe SIT was formed by the Karnataka government on the recommendation of the Karnataka State Commission for Women chief Nagalakshmi Chowdhary after a huge cache of explicit videos of Prajwal allegedly sexually abusing women became publicThere are three FIRs registered in connection with the sexual abuse allegations involving the father and son in total In the first case in Holenarasipura the cook and relative of the Revannas complained that the two had molested her In the second complaint at CID Bengaluru a JDS leader accused Prajwal of raping her at gunpoint videographing the incident and then blackmailing herThe third complaint is against H D Revanna pertaining to the abduction and illegal detention of a woman Before being produced before the magistrate Revanna claimed there is no evidence of his involvement There are no evidences pertaining to the May 2 complaint Its a big political conspiracy A conspiracy was hatched against me Revanna told reporters at the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital where he was taken for a medical checkup reported PTIThe Congress on Sunday once again targeted PM over the issue and asserted that its womens wing will keep raising its voice until Prajwal is brought back to India to face the law All India Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba slammed Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani and National Women Commission Chairperson Rekha Sharma for being silent on the caseToday half the population of the country is demanding that Smriti Irani and Rekha Sharma break their silence she said at a press conference at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has also expressed concern over the matter and former party chief Rahul Gandhi has written a letter to the Karnataka chief minister asking for strict action Lamba said reported PTIPrime Minister break your silence Until PM Modi brings Prajwal Revanna from Germany and hands him over to the Karnataka government Mahila Congress will raise its voice from every corner of the country Not only us half the population of the country women will ask you questions she said Mahila Congress will gherao PM Modi everywhere because we are not afraid of your power and police machinery she saidWith inputs from PTI