Bangalore: How Ailing Yeddyurappa Surrendered, but Skipped Jail
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Oct 17: The bail pleas of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who is under judicial custody on charges of corruption, and who is currently recuperating from chest pain at Jayadeva hospital, will be heard on Tuesday October 17 by the High Court.
Two bail pleas have been filed by lawyers representing Yeddyurappa - for interim bail and another for regular bail. Justice B V Pinto allowed the pleas to be heard.
Interestingly, Yeddyurappa has not spent a single minute in the lock-up, and is even yet to see his cell. The reason - soon after he surrendered on Saturday October 15 evening, he was taken to the jail hospital in Parappana Agrahara, and then admitted to Jayadeva hospital the same night.
According to DNA which carried a report on the matter, Yeddyurappa's lawyers began the legal and administrative procedures to shift him to Jayadeva hopital on Saturday evening itself.
"The formalities to shift the former CM were finalised at 10pm (on Saturday). That’s why none of his family members brought in any dinner. The process of shifting him to the hospital was delayed because Yeddyurappa wanted to hoodwink the media stationed outside the entrance of the prison," DNA quoted.
The institute's director C N Manjunath has appointed a team of five doctors to monitor Yeddyurappa's health. An angiogram is likely to be conducted later on Monday to determine whether he has heart problems or is suffering from complications arising out of diabetes and blood pressure.
The former chief minister was arrested after special Lokayukta court judge N. Sudhindra Rao declined bail Saturday in two of the five cases corruption and illegal land deals filed against Yeddyurappa by two Bangalore advocates Sirajin Basha and N K Balaraj
His two sons - BJP Lok Sabha member B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijayendra - and son-in-law R Sohan Kumar were given bail.
Former state muzrai (endowments) minister S N Krishnaiah Shetty, BJP legislator Hemachanda Sagar and several others are also accused in the cases. Krishnaiah Shetty too was arrested.