Bangalore: A CBI court will continue hearing former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's bail plea on Tuesday. The Lingayat strongman had moved court after CBI raids in connection with an illegal mining case earlier this month.
The investigative agency had opposed Yeddyurappa's bail, claiming he could influence the probe.
Being a former chief minister, Yeddyurappa is a highly influential person and therefore custodial interrogation may be necessary, the CBI said.
The CBI said it also needs to question some officials who worked with Yeddyurappa and submitted that it would hamper its ongoing probe ordered by Supreme Court, if the accused were granted anticipatory bail....
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09:41 AM, May 29, 2012
Bangalore: Kannada actress Haripriya has denied reports that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths raided her residence calling them "wild imagination of media". She also said that she is not romantically involved with B.S. Vijayendra, son of former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa. "I am surprised how such baseless news was scrolled on news channels. There was no CBI raid at my house. I am surprised about the pattern of...
04:56 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa did land deals for family even when he was the opposition leader. CNN-IBN accessed documents that show that Yeddyurappa helped his son-in-law get land by proxy. Yeddyurappa wrote to the then CM Dharam Singh in 2005 asking for land for a "friend" without a house in Bangalore. Dharam Singh alloted the land to BSY's "friend" Shankar in May 2005 on a ten-year...
11:50 PM, Dec 01, 2010
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has allegedly got land worth several crores allotted to his family members for very low price. Documents exclusively accessed by CNN-IBN show that Yeddyurappa bent every rule in the book, only to ensure allotment of land for his sons and other family members. Yeddyurappa family consists of his daughters Padmavathi, Arunadevi, Umadevi and his sons BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra. Padmavathi is not involved...
09:55 PM, Nov 17, 2010
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa is in trouble for his alleged involvement in a multi-crore land scam in the state. Documents exclusively accessed by CNN-IBN show that Yeddyurappa bent every rule in the book, only to ensure allotment of land for his sons and other family members. In this season of scams, Yeddyurappa's land deals could dwarf the ones like Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam. Yeddyurappa's eldest son and...
08:08 PM, Nov 17, 2010
