Bengaluru: The Special Court for prevention of Corruption Act cases here on Monday rejected the bail plea of KAS Officer Prashant Madal, son of Channagiri BJP MLA Virupakshappa Madal, who has been arrested with his father in an alleged graft case over award of contracts of KSDL (Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited)of which Madal Virupakshappa was the Chairman. The Court also reserved its order on Virupakshappa’s bail petition to Apr.15.
After their arrest in the case, both Virupakshappa and his son Prashant are in Judicial custody at Central Prison, Bengaluru. Prashant was trapped by the Lokayukta Police with an alleged bribe money of Rs.40 lakh in his father’s Crescent road residence, Bengaluru and arrested on Mar. 2. The trap was laid on the basis of a complaint. The Lokayukta Police in a raid later, had seized Rs.6 crore cash from the residence of the MLA.
