Yogesh K Porwar & Siddarath Sethia
The 2nd Additional Chief Judicial magistrate on Friday granted bail to Bigg Boss Kannada contestant Varthur Santosh,on Friday.
Santosh who was arrested by Forest officials on December 22 from Big boss house for possessing a Tiger claw pendant.
The Forest Department had initially opposed his bail, expressing concerns that he might tamper with the evidence.
While granting conditional bail,the court asked Santosh to pay Rs.4,000 deposits with two sureties.
K Nataraj,advocate representing Santosh alleged a conspiracy behind Santosh’s arrest and accused the forest officials of treating his clients badly and arrested him as he was forest brigand .
There are many others who were in possession of tiger claws but the forest department officials issued them notice and treated them leniently, he said .
The report on Santosh bought the tiger claw from Tamilnadu is false.The tiger claws are part of his ancestral property,he said.
