Zeenews Bureau
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who went missing after the Lokayukta court issued an arrest warrant against him in two land denotification cases, surrendered in the court on Saturday.
He was arrested and later sent to judicial custody till October 22.
Earlier in the day, Lokayukta police was at Yeddyurappa’s residence to deliver the arrest warrant issued by the Lokayukta court but returned empty handed.
Yeddyurappa had earlier also skipped court when Special Judge NK Sudhindhra Rao pronounced the verdict. Yeddyurappa had sent a medical certificate saying he was suffering from back pain and sought exemption from personal appearance.
Yeddyurappa's lawyer said they would appeal against Lokayukta court's decision in the Karnataka High Court on Monday.
The Lokayukta court also rejected the bail application of former minister SN Krishnaiah Setty, another accused in the cases, and directed his arrest.
However, the former CM’s two sons -- BJP Lok Sabha member BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra -- and son-in-law R Sohan Kumar were granted conditional bail. The three were also accused in the cases.
The cases were filed by two Bangalore advocates Sirajin Bhasha and NK Balaraj in January this year after Governor HR Bhardwaj gave them sanction to launch criminal proceedings against Yeddyurappa and his kin for conspiring to denotify lands in and around Bangalore in return for monetary gains.
One of the complaints concerns denotification of government land in Geddalahalli and in Devarachikkanahalli and Arakere in favour of people close to the former CM. The second case relates to denotification of land in Uttarahalli and Agara villages.
Yeddyurappa – BJP’s first chief minister in South India – quit on July 31 after the then Lokayukta (ombudsman) N Santosh Hegde recommended his trial for graft in illegal land mining scam.
Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, who went missing after the Lokayukta court issued an arrest warrant against him in two land denotification cases, surrendered in the court on Saturday.
He was arrested and later sent to judicial custody till October 22.
Earlier in the day, Lokayukta police was at Yeddyurappa’s residence to deliver the arrest warrant issued by the Lokayukta court but returned empty handed.
Yeddyurappa had earlier also skipped court when Special Judge NK Sudhindhra Rao pronounced the verdict. Yeddyurappa had sent a medical certificate saying he was suffering from back pain and sought exemption from personal appearance.
Yeddyurappa's lawyer said they would appeal against Lokayukta court's decision in the Karnataka High Court on Monday.
The Lokayukta court also rejected the bail application of former minister SN Krishnaiah Setty, another accused in the cases, and directed his arrest.
However, the former CM’s two sons -- BJP Lok Sabha member BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra -- and son-in-law R Sohan Kumar were granted conditional bail. The three were also accused in the cases.
The cases were filed by two Bangalore advocates Sirajin Bhasha and NK Balaraj in January this year after Governor HR Bhardwaj gave them sanction to launch criminal proceedings against Yeddyurappa and his kin for conspiring to denotify lands in and around Bangalore in return for monetary gains.
Yeddyurappa – BJP’s first chief minister in South India – quit on July 31 after the then Lokayukta (ombudsman) N Santosh Hegde recommended his trial for graft in illegal land mining scam.
