A crestfallen former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa whose residences were raided by a joint team of Central Bureau of Investigation and I-T department sleuths on Wednesday, told the media in Bengaluru that the investigation agency is free to take all documents as he will cooperate with the probe.
"This is the most painful day in my political life," Yeddyurappa added.
The CBI conducted raids at Bengaluru, Mysore, Bellary and Shimoga after it filed an FIR against Yeddyurappa, his two sons and his son-in-law based on a Supreme Court directive.
The senior BJP leader, who addressed the media outside his residence after the raids, said that he has the highest regard for the CBI and would cooperate with the agency. He also said that he is hopeful that the truth would come out. "I am confident that my family and I would come out clean," he said.
Meanwhile, the CBI in a statement in New Delhi said that it would continue with its investigation in the illegal mining case. The CBI said it has seized important documents and collected other details.
Yeddyurappa who has been apprehending arrest will have to wait for the order of the special CBI court which will take up his anticipatory bail plea on Thursday.
