Bangalore, October 22: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa arrested for alleged irregularities in denotification of government lands will appear in the Lokayukta’s court here on Saturday.
On Oct 15, the Lokayukta special court judge NK Sudhindra Rao declined bail to Yeddyurappa and sent him to judicial custody till Oct 22 in the two cases.
Yeddyurappa was arrested Oct 15 evening and taken to the jail in Parappana Agrahara, a suburb in east Bangalore.
The beleaguered BJP leader is seeking bail from the high court in two of five cases of corruption and illegal land deals filed by two Bangalore advocates in January this year.
The advocates, Sirajin Bhasha and NK Balaraj, have charged Yeddyurappa, his two sons — BJP Lok Sabha member BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra — and son-in-law R Sohan Kumar of conspiracy to free government land from official control, a process called denotification, in return for monetary gains.
The freed land is usually bought by influential people for a much lower price than market rate.
If the owners themselves are people with clout they can sell it at market rate as government pays much less than the market rate when it acquired these lands.
Former state Muzrai (endowments) minister SN Krishnaiah Shetty, BJP legislator Hemachanda Sagar and several others are also accused in the cases.
—IANS—