ED files a case against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA scam
ED had taken cognisance of a recent state Lokayukta FIR
New Delhi, October 1
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others in a money laundering case related to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam.
ED had taken cognisance of a recent state Lokayukta FIR. The FIR was registered after a special court in Bengaluru last week directed a Lokayukta police investigation against Karnataka Chief Minister in the case.
As per the details, Siddaramaiah, along with his wife BM Parvathi, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy, and Devaraju who sold land to Swamy, which was later gifted to Parvathi have been named in an FIR registered by the Mysuru-based Lokayukta police on September 27.
ED has booked the persons under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in its ECIR,
In the MUDA site-allotment case, it is alleged that compensatory sites, located in a more valuable area of Mysuru, were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife in exchange for land "acquired" by MUDA, officials said.
