Amid raids, Yeddyurappa seeks anticipatory bail

TNN

Bangalore, 16 May 2012: With raids on at the residences of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in Bangalore and Shimoga, Yeddyurappa has filed anticipatory bails for himself and on behalf of his two sons and son-in-law.

 

In an early morning sweep today, the CBI raided former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa’s residence in Dollar’s colony, an upmarket area in Bangalore, and in Shimoga, in connection with his involvement in illegal mining and business transactions.

 

Meanwhile, raids were also conducted on South West Mining Company’s offices in Tornagal in Bellary district. The company had made payments of Rs 20 crore to Yeddyurappa’s family run concerns in lieu of sanction of mining licences. The CBI had filed FIRs against Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Raghavendra, B Y Vijayendra and son-in-law R Sohan Kumar on Tuesday.

 

A nine-member team headed by Inspector General of CBI Lakshminarayana commenced the raids at Yeddyurappa’s residences in Dollars Colony and Race Course Road here besides a firm owned by one of his sons, the sources said.