Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrested on rape charges

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by the British Police on suspicion of rape on Tuesday, reported The New York Times.

As per his prior agreements with authorities, Assange went to a central London police station on Tuesday, where he was arrested by officers from Scotland Yard?s extradition unit on the basis of the Swedish Government’s arrest warrant.

?Officers from the Metropolitan Police extradition unit have this morning arrested Julian Assange on behalf of the Swedish authorities on suspicion of rape,? said a statement issued by the police.

However, the 39-year-old said he did not commit any ?sexual misconduct? while in Sweden in August, said The New York Times newspaper.

He is expected to be produced in the court later on Tuesday.

On Dec 1, the International Criminal Police Organisation or INTERPOL said it has issued look out notice for arrest of WikiLeaks’ owner Julian Assange on suspicion of rape charges

The INTERPOL in its website posted a request asking its member’ countries help to arrest the Australian after a specific request from the Swedish Government.

There has been public ‘Red Notice’ on behalf of Sweden, INTERPOL said.

The Sweden’s International Public Prosecution Office, Gothenburg, released the arrest warrant on Nov 18, saying Julian Assange has been wanted for alleged suspected rape, molestation and unlawful coercion.

Earlier, defying disapproval of the White House, WikiLeaks, an international publishing service for whistle-blowers, on Nov 28, had released nearly 250,000 diplomatic cables from U.S. embassies across the world from the past three years uncloaking the backroom bargains of world leaders and insight into their fears as well as the concerns of USA.

As with last time, diplomatically distressing details come to light in installments as journalists, from media houses to whom WIkiLeaks dumped the cables on to, drudge through the piles of confidential data.

A little over a month ago, the whistle-blower website had released the largest classified military leak in history in the form of the Iraq warlogs that told the grim stories of civilian deaths and torture of prisoners by the Iraqi forces during the war and occupation of the country as the US chose to turn a blind eye.