Bangalore: Yeddyurappa Walks Out of Jail, says Truth will be Out Soon
Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (PS)
Bangalore, Nov 8: After 24 days of imprisonment in Parappana Agrahara jail, former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa was finally released here on Tuesday November 8.
He walked out of the jail after he was granted bail in the second graft case on Tuesday. On November 3, he was granted bail in the first case, but was not allowed to be out of prison.
Soon after coming out of the jail, he spoke to the media and said that he was thankful to the people who did not celebrate their Diwali this time for his sake.
"I am happy to be freed on bail. It's Diwali for me. I am grateful to my family, supporters and party leaders for having stood by me all these days," Yeddyurappa said before leaving with his family members in a convoy of five cars.
The former chief minister told reporters at the jail premises that he had bowed to the court orders and had gone to jail. "Now the same court has given me bail," he said.
He also said he has great respect for the law of the land and that in the coming days truth will come out. He did not comment on anything more.
Outside the jail, he was accompanied by Renukacharya, MLA Halappa and others. Several ministers, legislators and hundreds of supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in south India greeted him with a huge garland as he came out of Bangalore's central prison in Parappana Agrahara.
A beaming Yeddyurappa, clad in his trade-mark white safari suit, was received by his sons B.Y. Raghavendra, a BJP Lok Sabha member, and B Y Vijayaendra, excise minister P. Renukacharya, industries minister Murgesh Nirani and several BJP lawmakers.
Yeddyurappa's supporters welcomed him with garlands. He was escorted by policemen under Z-security cover. From the prison, he made his way straight to Someshwara Temple.
The high court granted him bail on the condition that he would furnish a bond for Rs 5 lac, two sureties for the same amount each, refrain from tampering with evidence and participate in trial court proceedings against him in the two cases.