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Jail birds in 2011
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Former telecom minister Sukh Ram was awarded five years' imprisonment by a Delhi court in a 1996 corruption case on November 19. On November 28, the Delhi high court granted him bail.
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The Rajya Sabha MP and daughter of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi Kanimozhi was arrested on May 20 for alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam and is now out on bail.
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BJP's first chief minister in southern India BS Yeddyurappa was arrested on Oct 15 in two graft and illegal land deal cases. He was in jail for 21 days.
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Pune stud-farm owner Hasan Ali Khan was arrested on allegations of money laundering, including allegedly stashing away an astounding $8 billion (Rs 40,000 crore) abroad.
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Seven-time legislator and veteran leader of the Kerala Congress (Pillai) R Balakrishna Pillai was sentenced to one year's imprisonment on corruption charges. But he walked free in November this year.
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Sacked Rajasthan water resources minister Mahipal Maderna was arrested by the CBI on December 3 for the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi, who went missing from Jodhpur Sep 1. He continues to be in CBI custody.
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Lok Sabha MP and former Commonwealth Games (CWG) Organising Committee (OC) chief Suresh Kalmadi was arrested on April 25 in connection with alleged irregularities in the contracts awarded for the 2010 mega event.
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The Rajya Sabha MP and former SP leader Amar Singh was arrested on September 6 for alleged involvement in the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal.
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