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What Is A Blue Corner Notice? Prajwal Revanna On Interpol's Radar Over Sex Abuse Case

NDA's Hassan Lok Sabha candidate Prajwal Revanna fled to Germany repo𝕴rtedly on April 27, a day after voting for the Lok Sabha elections took place in his constituency and when the abuse allegations came to light.

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Congress spokesperson Supr✤iya Shrinate shows a photograph featuring Prajwal Revanna at a press conferen🃏ce in Bengaluru on May 1, 2024 | Photo: Getty Images
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A Blue Corner Notice has been issued against Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual abuse cases, said stateꦿ home minister G Parames♔hwara today. 

"Already Blue Corner notice ﷺhas been issued. The Interpol will info🌸rm all the countries and locate him," Parameshwara told reporters.

NDA's Hassan ✅Lok Sabha candidate fled to Germany reportedly on April 27, a day after voting for the Lok Sabha elections took place in his constituency and when the abuse allegations came to light. 

Nearly 3,000 explicit video clips allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna sexually abusing several women have gone viral in Hassan in the past week. However, Revanna hasn’t been detained or questioned yet. He sought seven days' time to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Ka🏅rnataka government to probe the allegations on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the SIT 🍒launched a helpline number for victims in the Prajwal Revanna case - 636ꦺ0-938947. 

What Is A Blue Corner Notice?

A Blue Co🐼rner Notice is a global alert system used by Interpol to share information and requests for assis☂tance in criminal investigations.

How Does It Work?

Interpol's colour-coded notice system enables countries to shar♛e critical crime-related information worldwide. There are seven typ🍸es of notices, each with a different purpose:

- Red Notice: Issued to locate an🍌d arrest individuals wanted for prosecution or to serve a sentence.

- Yellow Notice: Issued to help locate missing🍸 persons, often minors, or to identify individuals who cannot🐻 identify themselves.

- Blue Notice: Issued to gather more information about a person's identity, location, or activities relaﷺted to a criminal investigation.

- Black Notice: Issued to seek informatio𒉰n on unidentifie🃏d bodies.

- Green Notice: Issued to warn of a person's criminal activities, posi✤ng a threat to public safety.

- Orange Notice: Issued to warn of an event, person, object, or process posing a ser▨ious and imminent threat to public safety.

- Purple Notice: Issued to share in🦹formation on cr🐠iminals' methods, objects, devices, and concealment tactics.

Who Issues These Notices?

Interpol's General Secretariat issues these notices at the request🧜 of a member country's Interpol National Central Bureau, making them❀ available to all member countries.

What Is Interpol?

The International Criminal Police Organization, commonly known as Interpol, is the world's largest international police organisation, facilitating global police cooperation and crime control from its headquarters in Lyon, France.

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