Bangalore: Countdown Begins for Yeddyurappa's Arrest

Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

Bangalore, Oct 15: With the special Lokayukta court issuing arrest warrant against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa after rejecting his bail plea on Saturday October 15, it is now likely that he may be arrested any time soon, may be in the next one or two hours.

Two Lokayukata DYSPs are already on the way to Yeddyurappa's house in Race course armed with the warrant.

Meanwhile, his lawyer told reporters that he would ask the court to exempt Yeddyurappa from arrest.

A special Lokayukta court on Saturday October 15 rejected his bail plea and issued an arrest warrant against him. His sons Raghavendra and Vijayendra and son-in-law Sohan Kumar, however, were given conditional bail.

Yeddyurappa skipped court citing ill health, but his sons and Sohan Kumar were present. The verdict was given by judge N K Sudhindra Rao.

The judge also rejected the bail plea of former minister S N Krishnaiah Shetty and ordered his arrest.

Yeddyurappa has been facing charges of illegally denotifying land for monetary gains in two cases, filed by advocates Sirajin Bhasha and N K Balaraj in January this year.

Earlier, governor H R Bhardwaj had given the advocates the green signal to go ahead with criminal proceedings against the former chief minister and his family.

In July, Santosh Hegde, who was the Lokyukta then named him and several others including JD(S) chief Kumaraswamy in the illegal mining report. Yeddyurappa quit soon after following some high drama and gave way to Sadananda Gowda who was chosen through votes.