Udupi: Underworld don, Bannanje Raja, was released for a day from the prison to visit his mother in the district.

Raja was granted a day’s release by the judge to visit his ailing mother. He would be escorted by tight police security.

Bannanje Raja who is lodged in Hindalga jail in Belagavi, he was arrested in 2015 in Morocco.

Around 16 criminal cases have been booked against Bannanje Raja.