ED issues notice to Siddaramaiah’s wife, Minister Suresh in probe over MUDA land allotments

The filing of pleas against the ED announcement was brought to the attraction of Justice M Nagaprasanna up of the proceeding of a plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the MUDA case. This came aft the Karnataka Lokayukta constabulary submitted a study connected its probe into allegations of corruption successful MUDA onshore allotments filed against Siddaramaiah by an RTI activistic Snehamayi Krishna.

ED, which is investigating cases of wealth laundering, has provisionally attached 142 properties worthy Rs 300 crore successful transportation with its probe into the alleged large-scale irregularities successful the allotment of lodging sites by MUDA which emerged past year. These alleged irregularities emerged aft RTI activistic Senhamayi Krishna accused the household of Siddaramaiah of profiting illegally from the allotment of 14 MUDA lodging sites to his woman successful 2021 successful speech for 3.16 acres of onshore claimed to person been acquired wrongfully by the Authority.

Based connected a constabulary ailment filed by Krishna, the Karnataka Lokayukta constabulary investigated the allegations of corruption against Siddaramaiah, and filed a presumption study connected the probe connected Monday.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka CM’s woman has returned the 14 lodging sites allotted to her by MUDA pursuing the corruption allegations against her husband. While Siddaramaiah filed an entreaty against an HC bid allowing the corruption probe against him, Krishna filed a plea for a CBI probe successful the case.

She besides filed a ailment earlier ED of irregularities successful the MUDA onshore deals implicit the past fewer years and the cardinal bureau registered an ECIR past twelvemonth and carried retired searches astatine the MUDA offices, the offices of its past and contiguous bureau bearers and onshore beneficiaries.

“Searches conducted during the probe further revealed that a ample fig of sites, different than the 14 sites allotted to Smt. BM Parvathi, person been illegally allotted by MUDA arsenic compensation to existent property businessmen, who successful crook person sold these sites astatine a immense nett and generated immense amounts of unaccounted cash. The nett truthful generated has been laundered and shown arsenic derived retired of morganatic sources,” ED said 2 weeks ago.

In October past year, the Karnataka CM questioned the filing of a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) lawsuit against him by ED implicit the alleged MUDA onshore scam case.