Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Credit: DH Photo
Mysuru/Hubballi: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is expected to appear before the Lokayukta Police on Wednesday, at the Lokayukta office, on Dewan's Road, in Mysuru, over the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case, involving the names of his family members.
The Lokayukta Police are expected to question Siddaramaiah in the alleged MUDA scam.
It may be recalled that the Lokayukta Police had questioned Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi on October 25. Other accused in the case and also earlier and present officials of MUDA have already been quizzed, by the Lokayukta Police.
Speaking to DH on Monday, Lokayukta Superintendent of Police (SP) T J Udesh said, summons have been issued to the CM and he would be quizzed, regarding the case, on Wednesday.
Confirmed at Hubballi also
Besides, Siddaramaiah also confirmed in Hubballi, while speaking to media persons, that he would appear before the Lokayukta Police at 10 am on Wednesday.
In Hubballi, the CM held talks with ministers Satish Jarkiholi, R B Timmapur, Shivanand Patil, Eshwar Khandre and others and asked them to work for the victory of the Congress party candidate in Shiggaon bypolls.
The Lokayukta Police are investigating the case, based on an FIR filed against the Karnataka CM and others, on September 27. On September 25, a special court in Bengaluru for cases involving elected representatives had directed the Lokayukta Police, to initiate an investigation against Siddaramaiah and others on the basis of a complaint filed by Mysuru-based RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna.
As per the complaint, J Devaraju sold 3.16 acre of land on survey number 464 of Kesare village, in Mysuru taluk, to B M Mallikarjuna Swamy, Siddaramaiah’s brother-in-law, on August 25, 2004. Later, it was converted from agricultural land to non-agriculture land. On October 6, 2010, Mallikarjuna Swamy gifted the land to his sister Parvathi. Parvathi submitted multiple representations to MUDA, from 2014, seeking compensation for the land, developed by MUDA without acquiring it. On December 12, 2021, the then MUDA Commissioner D B Natesh allotted 14 sites on alternative developed area, in Vijayanagar third and fourth stage of Mysuru, on a 50:50 ratio.
In the wake of various developments, since the filing of the FIR, Parvathi returned all the 14 sites to MUDA on October 3.
Besides Lokayukta Police, the Enforcement Directorate is also probing the case.
The ED filed an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), against Siddaramaiah and others, on September 30, based on the Lokayukta FIR.