BENGALURU: Former MP and liquor baron Audikeshavulu’s grandson Geetha Vishnu (27) was granted bail by a court here on Wednesday, a day after he was held by CCB officials.Vishnu was interrogated during his short stay in police custody, and was called for questioning on Thursday too.
A senior official said they would have preferred to keep Vishnu in custody. He was produced before a magistrate at the City Civil Court on Wednesday. Vishnu had rammed his SUV into a Maruti Omni van near South End Circle injuring six people on September 28. Police allegedly found 300 gm of marijuana in his car. A case was registered against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and Vishnu was admitted to Mallya hospital. On Friday morning, he had escaped from the hospital.
On Sunday, police had arrested Vishnu’s brother-in-law Rajesh Naidu for allegedly harbouring Vishnu when he was a fugitive.