PM must end silence on Prajwal's arrest: Cong

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: With sexual-abuse accused Prajwal Revanna's arrest, the Congress on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on the matter and claimed that he has "failed" to provide justice to women in the last 10 years.

Suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP Revanna, facing sexual-abuse allegations, was remanded in police custody on Friday, hours after he was arrested by a Bengaluru Police team on his return from Germany. A special court in Bengaluru remanded him in police custody till June 6.

Revanna was arrested in the wee hours of Friday by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), minutes after he landed in Bengaluru past midnight from Germany. He had left the country on April 27. Hitting out at Modi for "allowing" Revanna to flee in the first place, All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba said letting a "mass rapist" escape is "Modi ki Guarantee".

Revanna, the member of Parliament from Karnataka's Hassan, has been arrested by the SIT constituted by the state government, she said, adding that this was done by a women police team formed by the SIT. "We congratulate the Karnataka government," Lamba said.

"Narendra Modi kept raising the 'Beti Bachao' slogan, but did not break his silence on Prajwal Revanna," she told a press conference.