Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, has taken off from Germany’s Munich for India. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to probe the sex scandal involving Revanna, is preparing to arrest him at Bengaluru International Airport upon arrival on Friday.
Prajwal (33), the grandson of JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda and the NDA candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha segment, is facing charges of sexually abusing women.
Earlier in the day, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said in case Prajwal Revanna does not return to the country on May 31, further action such as cancellation of his passport will follow.
“The information is he (Prajwal) will come, he has booked the flight ticket. SIT has made the necessary preparations. If he comes the legal process will begin,” Parameshwara said.
“As per law, a warrant has been issued against him, so he will have to be arrested, SIT will decide and do it,” he added.
Quoting official sources, a PTI report said that Prajwal booked a business-class ticket on Lufthansa’s Munich-Bengaluru flight, which is expected to land at the Kempegowda International Airport at 12.30 am IST on May 31.
Earlier, Prajwal had released a video statement promising to appear before the SIT on May 31.
“He (Prajwal) himself has said in the video statement that he will appear before SIT on May 31 at 10 am, not us. So I feel that he will come… In case he doesn’t, the process will follow like cancelling his passport, we will again request the Interpol through CBI, as the state government cannot do it directly, we will have to do it through Government of India agencies,” the Karnataka Home Minister further said.
Upon being asked whether Prajwal’s passport will be impounded, he said the state has requested the Centre to cancel his passport.
“The External Affairs Minister has said that the process has been initiated in this regard, so they might do it,” he added.
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