Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa, whose bail in a corruption case become lately cancelled, become arrested nowadays in a bribery case related to the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd wherein he become the chairman. The BJP MLA become arrested close to Kyathsandra toll sales space close to Tumakuru Road via way of means of the Lokayukta police on foundation of a tip-off. Sources stated he become journeying from Channagiri in Davangere district to Bengaluru. Madal Virupakshappa become named because the top accused withinside the case after his son, Prashanth Madal, become stuck allegedly accepting a ₹ forty lakh bribe, allegedly on his behalf, final month.
The bribe become to supposed to stable a soft to deliver uncooked substances to Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd, stated the Lokayukta police, which become investigating the case. In the raid that followed, unaccounted coins worth ₹ eight crore become seized from his residence. The Channagiri MLA had claimed that it become proceeds from the sale of arecanut (supari). Shortly after, Mr Virupakshappa stepped down from the chairman post.
Earlier this month, the MLA were given a hero`s welcome at his domestic city in Davangere while he surfaced once you have anticipatory bail. But the bail become challenged withinside the pinnacle court, which requested him to seem and guard it.
The MLA has denied wrongdoing and stated he become being framed via way of means of his political rivals. He additionally claimed that his son, who become stuck red -surpassed performing bribe, become innocent. Someone had planted the cash in his son’s office, the MLA claimed. Prashanth Madal is a Karnataka Administrative Services officer and is the leader debts officer of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
“I am a hundred percentage assured that I can be acquitted withinside the case. The supply of cash seized from my residence isn’t always corruption. The cash is from agriculture and different valid corporations run via way of means of the family,” Madal Virupakshappa had advised the media.