Prajwal Revanna arrested, remanded to police custody till June 6

A special court in Bangalore remanded Prajwal Revanna to police custody till June 6 reported PTI Prajwal Revanna was arrested on Friday upon his return from GermanyThe suspended JDS MP returned a month after he left the country in the wake of explicit videos of his alleged actions doing the rounds in Karnatakas HassanAfter evading summons and staying out of the country for a little over a month the 33 yearold grandson of JDS supremo and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda landed here past midnight from Germanys Munich only to be arrested by the Special Investigation Team SIT minutes later and whisked away for questioningAs per the PTI report a team of women police personnel welcomed Prajwal Revanna upon his arrival in Bangalore as they were deputed to execute a warrant and take him to the CID office for interrogationRevanna was later produced before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate K N Shivakumar who heard the remand application and objection argument from Prajwals advocate He later remanded Prajwal to police custodyThe NDA Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan facing allegations of sexually abusing several women was arrested after completing the due process Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara saidPrajwals advocate Arun G said the former was extending full cooperation to the SIT probe and cautioned against any media trial in the casePrajwal Revanna landed around 12401250 am from Germanys Munich As there was an arrest warrant against him SIT accordingly arrested him and took him into custody Parameshwara saidSpeaking to reporters he said naturally he should have cooperated to the arrest His immigration papers were cleared and he was brought out of airport As he had a diplomatic passport things happened easily After completing all the due process he was arrested he addedAsked if the government will appeal to more victims to come forward following his arrest Parameshwara said We have already said those who have faced trouble from him to come forward and give complaints to SIT and police and we will provide them all kind of protection We will have to wait and see further developmentsThe SIT sending out a message deputed an allwoman police team to execute the warrant against Prajwal said the PTI reportDuring the procedure of executing the arrest warrant he was flanked by the women police personnel who were led by two IPS officers Suman D Pennekar and Seema Latkar He was then taken in a jeep in which only women police were present They took him to the CID officeIt was a conscious call to send women officers to arrest Prajwal sending home a message that the JDS leader exploited his seat and power as an MP with women The same women have authority to arrest him through all legal proceedings a source in the SIT saidThere was also a symbolic message to the alleged victims that women officers were not afraid of anyone the source addedThe MP was later taken for medical examination under tight security Escorted by female police officials he was taken to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital hereThe SIT is also contemplating a potency test on Prajwal A potency test is done to ascertain if a rape accused is capable of committing sexual assault on victimsMeanwhile Prajwals advocate met him earlierI went to speak to him He has told to the media that he has come forward to cooperate with the investigation So he has requested that there be no media trial Let there be no negative campaign unnecessarily Arun saidHe told reporters the Hassan MP is before the SIT to give the fullest cooperationPrajwal said I have come forward the whole purpose of me coming to Bengaluru or before SIT is that I have to stand by my words I have come forward I will give the fullest cooperation these are his words he addedPrajwal had on May 29 filed an anticipatory bail plea at the Principal City and Sessions Court for Elected Representatives which issued a notice to the SIT to file objections before posting the hearing for FridayIn the first case registered against him at the Holenarasipura Town police station in Hassan on April 28 Prajwal is accused of sexually harassing a 47yearold former maid He is listed as accused number two while his father and Holenarasipura MLA H D Revanna is the primary accusedPrajwal has been so far booked in three cases of sexual assault There are also charges of rape against himThe Ministry of External Affairs MEA has served a showcause notice to Prajwal asking him why his diplomatic passport should not be cancelled as sought by the Karnataka government in view of allegations of sexual abuse against himDeve Gowda had recently issued a stern warning to Prajwal asking him to return to the country and face probe into the sexual abuse allegations while asserting 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 guiltyPrajwals uncle and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy too had repeatedly appealed to his nephew to return to the country from abroad and face the probeJDS has suspended Prajwal Revanna from the party following the allegations