ED files prosecution complaint in Karnataka Valmiki corporation scam linked to former minister

In his decease note, Chandrashekaran P, who ended his beingness connected May 26, accused elder officials of the corp of forcing him to divert its funds to a parallel relationship astatine Union Bank of India successful March this twelvemonth connected the ground of “oral instructions from a minister”.

After the corp official’s suicide, the authorities formed a peculiar probe squad to inquire into the allegations. The SIT arrested the corporation’s erstwhile managing manager J J Padmanabh and accounts serviceman Parashuram G Duragannavar for alleged misuse of funds successful connivance with Union Bank of India officials. The CBI and the ED aboriginal registered cases successful transportation with the scam.

B Nagendra, who had to resign arsenic tribal affairs minister, was arrested by the ED connected July 12, a time aft his location and bureau were raided.

In a related development, an authoritative of the authorities societal payment section filed a constabulary ailment connected July 22 stating that 2 ED officers investigating the scam had enactment unit connected him to sanction Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Nagendra, among others, successful the case. An FIR was subsequently registered by the Wilson Garden constabulary connected the complaint.