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Court orders shifting of Bharati Urs to jail

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Friday rejected a bail application by Bharati Urs, daughter of former Chief Minister late D. Devaraj Urs, and directed that she be shifted from a private hospital, where she is undergoing treatment, to the Central Jail here.

On February 14, 2005, she filed an application seeking the court's permission to obtain medical treatment in a hospital of her choice.

She and others were arrested by the High Grounds police, Bangalore, in connection with the murder of her cousin, Chitralekha Urs, daughter of former Judge of the High Court late M.P. Chandrakanth Raje Urs.

According to the police, Ms. Urs had taken a loan of Rs. 65 lakhs from Chitralekha and had not repaid it. Chitralekha had been demanding the return of the loan. On January 19, 2004, Ms. Urs called Chitralekha to an office in High Ground police station limits. The police alleged that she had hired T. Madhukumar and L.N. Chandrakanth to murder Chitralekha.

Bail petition

Ms. Urs's bail plea in the Additional Sessions Court is pending. On December 23, 2004, she moved the High Court for bail. She claimed she had a serious heart ailment and sought permission to seek treatment in a hospital of her choice. She said she did not want to be admitted to a government hospital or a hospital selected by the Government. After the court allowed her petition, Ms. Urs was admitted to a private hospital here.

Chitralekha's mother, Sharada, told the court that the illness of Ms. Urs was not so serious as to warrant prolonged treatment in a hospital.

When the matter came up, State Public Prosecutor S. Dore Raju said Ms. Urs was not suffering from edema. Her claim was that she had to undergo angioplasty and needed to remain in hospital. He said angioplasty was a routine procedure and prolonged stay in a hospital was unnecessary. Facilities for the procedure could be arranged in the Central Jail, he said. He urged the court to reject the bail application and the interim order allowing her to undergo treatment in a private hospital.

Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh rejected the bail application of Ms. Urs and also her application for undergoing treatment in a private hospital.

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