Prajwal Revanna will be arrested at Airport upon his return: Karnataka Home Minister
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday said suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, will be arrested as soon as he arrives at the airport.
The statement comes two days after Prajwal released a video statement promising that he would appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the cases against him, on May 31.
According to official sources, the Hassan MP has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from Munich on May 30, and is expected to land in the city in the small hours of May 31. Addressing reporters, Parameshwara said, «All necessary measures have to be taken, as a warrant has been issued against him (Prajwal). He has to be arrested. SIT is waiting, they will arrest him and will take his statement, and their (SIT) process will start.»
Asked if Prajwal would be arrested at the airport on landing, he said, «it (arrest) has to be done there (at airport), as a warrant has been issued. So he will have to be arrested.»
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Prajwal (33), the grandson of JD(S)