Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yedurappa has surrendered to Lokayukta Court. He has been sent to judicial custody till next Saturday.
His surrender on Saturday evening follows Karnataka Lokayukta Court issuing an arrest warrant against him day on a private complaint on land denotification issue.
Rejecting the bail plea of Yeddyurappa in two cases, Justice N K Sudhindra Rao also directed judicial custody of former minister Krishnaiah Shetty, who was among the 24 accused in the complaints filed by advocate Sirajin Basha.
Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj had earlier given sanction to Basha to launch prosecution against Yeddyurappa for allegedly indulging in nepotism and corruption in the denotification of land at Geddalahalli to favour his sons and son-in-law.
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