Karwar, Dec 24: More than a year after Karwar MLA Satish Sail was arrested, his brother, Arun Krishna Sail has moved the High Court of Karnataka alleging that the MLA has not been released from the Bangalore Central Prison though he was ordered to be released on bail by a Special Court.
In his petition, Arun Krishna Sail pointed out that his brother had been granted bail on December 16 in the illegal mining case but the authorities had failed to release him citing a body warrant.
Independent MLA Mr Sail was arrested by the CBI in September 2013 in Bengaluru in connection with the illegal iron ore scam. Mr. Sail, who was formerly with the Congress, was the director of Shri Mallikarjun Shipping Company (SMSC) Pvt Ltd which is one of the four exporters named by the CEC in its report to the Supreme Court.
The CEC had found that Mr. Sail's company, along with ILC Industries Private Ltd, Dream Logistics, and SB Logistics, had exported 80 lakh tonnes of illicit ore from Bilikeri port in Uttar Kannada district between January 1, 2009 and May 31, 2010.
Sources close to the probe told DC that SMSC exported 7.23 lakh metric tones of illicit iron ore from Belekeri port from January 2009 to May 2010.
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