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CBI issues Blue Corner Notice against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna over sexual abuse allegations; what it means
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Summary
A Blue Corner Notice is issued to collect additional information about an individual’s identity, location or activities about a criminal investigation.
A Blue Corner Notice has been issued by Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday, May 7, against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna and grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda who is facing sexual abuse allegations. His father and JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was remanded to police custody until May 8 by a Bengaluru court in a related case.
Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Sunday, May 5, said that Prajwal is stated to have left the country. Hence, a Blue Corner notice is issued against him, while Interpol’s help is being sought to bring the BJP-led NDA’s Hassan Lok Sabha candidate back to the country.
This comes as explicit video clips allegedly involving the 33-year-old grandson of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, started doing rounds in Karnataka’s Hassan in recent days. After this, the Congress-led state government constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the sexual abuse allegations against Prajwal.
The SIT was formed on recommendations of the Karnataka State Commission for Women chief Nagalakshmi Chowdhary. The decision was taken as several explicit videos of Prajwal, allegedly sexually abusing women, became public in the state.
In total, there are three FIRs registered in connection with the sexual abuse allegations, involving both HD Revanna and his son Prajwal Revanna, PTI reported.
In the first case in Holenarasipura, a cook and relative of the Revannas complained that the two had molested her, while the second complaint at CID Bengaluru mentions a JD(S) leader accusing Prajwal of raping her at gunpoint, filming the incident and later blackmailing her. The third complaint is related to HD Revanna and pertains to the abduction and illegal detention of a woman, the news agency reported.
Understanding Interpol’s notices
As per the official website, the Interpol notices are “international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.”
There are several types of notices Red Notice, Yellow Notice, Blue Notice, Black Notice, Green Notice, Orange Notice, Purple Notice and the INTERPOL–United Nations Security Council Special Notice.
They are issued by the General Secretariat at the request of a member country’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau and are made available to all the member countries to consult in the notices database.
Blue Corner Notice
A Blue Corner Notice is issued to collect additional information about an individual’s identity, location or activities about a criminal investigation.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) refers to them as ‘B Series (Blue) Notices’ and states that they are also called ‘enquiry notices’. These may be issued to have “someone’s identity verified; to obtain particulars of a person’s criminal record; to locate someone who is missing or is an identified or unidentified international criminal or is wanted for a violation of ordinary criminal law and whose extradition may be requested,” the central agency states.
In the case of Prajwal Revanna, the Blue Corner Notice has been issued to gather more information and advance inquiries into the matter.
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