Bangalore: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has been denied anticipatory bail in a land denotification case. The 63-year-old BJP leader now faces arrest.
A special Lokayukta court hearing land scam cases filed by the Lokayukta police against him rejected his bail plea today and issued an arrest warrant against him. Mr Yeddyurappa did not appear in court today.
The cases pertain to denotification of land near Bangalore while Mr Yeddyurappa was the Chief Minister. He has been accused of illegally denotifying land that had been reserved for projects of public interest to benefit people close to him.
The court has also denied bail to former minister SN Krishnaiah Setty, another accused along with Mr Yeddyurappa.
Mr Yeddyurappa's two sons, BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra, have also been accused of conspiring to denotify land in and around Bangalore in return for monetary gains.
Mr Yeddyurappa was forced to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31 after a report on illegal mining declared him guilty of accepting kickbacks from companies who were given mining licences.
Karnataka's former Lokayukta, Justice Santosh Hegde, had filed several reports that suggested Mr Yeddyurappa misused his public office fairly often to benefit his friends and family.
His prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act - on criminal charges - was sanctioned by the Governor, HR Bhardwaj.
A special Lokayukta court hearing land scam cases filed by the Lokayukta police against him rejected his bail plea today and issued an arrest warrant against him. Mr Yeddyurappa did not appear in court today.
The cases pertain to denotification of land near Bangalore while Mr Yeddyurappa was the Chief Minister. He has been accused of illegally denotifying land that had been reserved for projects of public interest to benefit people close to him.
The court has also denied bail to former minister SN Krishnaiah Setty, another accused along with Mr Yeddyurappa.
Mr Yeddyurappa's two sons, BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra, have also been accused of conspiring to denotify land in and around Bangalore in return for monetary gains.
Mr Yeddyurappa was forced to resign as Chief Minister of Karnataka on July 31 after a report on illegal mining declared him guilty of accepting kickbacks from companies who were given mining licences.
Karnataka's former Lokayukta, Justice Santosh Hegde, had filed several reports that suggested Mr Yeddyurappa misused his public office fairly often to benefit his friends and family.
His prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act - on criminal charges - was sanctioned by the Governor, HR Bhardwaj.
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