Ex-CM sent back to jail

Yeddyurappa begins first day in 24x15 sq ft AC cell.

Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who was shifted to the Victoria Hospital from Jayadeva Hospital last evening, was sent back to the central jail on Wednesday. He was arrested on Saturday over corruption cases after the Lokayukta special court rejected his bail petition.

He began his first day in a 24x15 ft AC cell of the central prison here, after spending three days in two hospitals. Yeddyurappa was taken back to the jail at Parappana Agrahara in eastern part of the city from Victoria Hospital after a check-up at the jail hospital, jail authorities told reporters.

He got admitted to Victoria on the ground that he suffered from diabetes high blood pressure and backache on Tuesday.

Doctors at Victoria said that the former Chief Minister’s sodium level in the blood is low. He is suffering from breathing problems, uncontrolled blood pressure and diabetes. He is also suffering from backache. The cell is air conditioned and has an attached bath as Yeddyurappa enjoys ‘Y’ category security.

Yeddyurappa was on Saturday sent to judicial custody till October 22 by special Lokayukta court judge N K Sudhindra Rao in two of the five cases of corruption and illegal land deals filed by two Bangalore advocates in January this year.

Yeddyurappa’s bail plea will be heard by the high court on Thursday. Sirajin Bhasha and N K Balaraj in their complaint against Yeddyurappa have charged that both the sons of Yeddyurappa - BJP Lok Sabha member B Y Raghavendra and B Y Vijayendra and son-in-law R Sohan Kumar — conspired to denotify government land in return for monetary gains.

Rao has given conditional bail to all the accused, except Yeddyurappa.