Bengaluru: Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah has written a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to take action to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport who has fled the country and travelling abroad following his alleged sex scandal came to the fore and investigation into the case began.
CM said that Prajwal, the sitting Hassan Lok Sabha Member of Parliament and NDA candidate for the same constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, is facing allegations of sexual exploitation of numerous women. The Karnataka government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the allegations.
Prajwal Revanna who is facing serious allegation has fled the country and is travelling abroad on his Diplomatic Passport. Chief Minister requested PM Modi to take action to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s Diplomatic Passport and to take steps to ensure his return to India to face investigation and trial.
Siddaramaiah said the allegations that the MP and NDA candidate for Hassan Lok Sabha Prajwal Revanna is facing are horrific and shameful and these have shaken the conscience of the country.
He said, “Our Government has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), on April 28, under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and investigation has begun in the right earnest. Constitution of the SIT was done as soon as the true nature of the alleged crimes against several women emerged and the victims came forward to file complaint against Prajwal Revanna and an FIR was lodged on April 28.”
“However, according to reports, sensing the impending police case and arrest, the accused Member of Parliament and NDA candidate for Lok Sabha Prajwal Revanna has fled the country and travelled abroad April 27 itself. It is learnt from the reports that he is travelling abroad on his Diplomatic Passport,” he said.
“While the SIT is working round the clock to investigate the allegations of crimes against several women by Prajwal Revanna, getting him back to the country is of utmost importance so that he faces investigation and trial as per the law of the land,”said Siddaramaiah.
The CM has requested the PM, to move the Ministries of External Affairs and Home Affairs to take swift action to cancel the Diplomatic Passport of Prajwal Revanna and to take such other steps using Diplomatic and Police channels of the Government of India as well as International Police agencies to ensure the swift return of the absconding Member of Parliament to face the full force of law. The SIT of Karnataka will provide all the necessary details and fulfil all the legal formalities required in this regard, he said.
