Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar visited Parappana Agrahara
Jail on Saturday, where he met Congress MLAs Vinay Kulkarni and Veerendra Pappi,
who are both in jail as under-trial prisoners. Shivakumar reached the jail
around 4:30 pm, first met Veerendra Pappi, and later met Vinay Kulkarni,
who had just returned from a court hearing.
Vinay Kulkarni was arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in the
2016 murder of Yogeeshgouda Goudar, a BJP zilla panchayat member from Hebballi
in Dharwad district.
KC Veerendra, the Congress MLA from Chitradurga, was arrested by the Enforcement
Directorate (ED) in a multi-crore betting and money-laundering case.