IN PICS: P Chidambaram Joins List Of These High-Profile People Put Behind Bars

Yeddyurappa, who had led the BJP to its first-ever government in the south in the 2008 assembly polls, was forced to resign as Karnataka chief minister in August 2011 following indictment by then Lokayukta Santosh Hegde in the Bellary illegal mining case. He was acquitted in 2016 by a special CBI Court in a corruption case related to illegal mining in Bellary that allegedly involved a bribery amount of Rs 40 crore. (File Photo/ Getty)

S P Tyagi, former Air Force chief, was arrested by the CBI in December 2016 for his alleged involvement in the Rs 450 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal bribery case. Tyagi, who retired in 2007, was the first chief of the Indian Air Force to be chargesheeted in a corruption or a criminal case by the CBI. (File Photo/ Getty)