Karnataka Chief Minister to appear before Lokayukta police on November 6
The Hindu
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to appear before Lokayukta police in Mysuru regarding alleged MUDA compensatory sites irregularities.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is expected to arrive in Mysuru on Wednesday, November 6, and appear before the Lokayukta police in connection with the ongoing probe against the alleged irregularities in the allocation of 14 compensatory sites by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to his wife Parvathi.
According to the tour programme of Mr. Siddaramaiah released by his office on Tuesday, November 5, the Chief Minister will arrive by road in Mysuru at 9.30 a.m.
He is expected to appear for questioning at the office of the Superintendent of Lokayukta Police at Dewan’s Road in Mysuru following summons issued to him by the Superintendent of Lokayukta police T.J. Udesh.
Mr. Siddaramaiah is scheduled to leave Mysuru at noon for Channapatna, where he will be participating in the campaign for by-elections.
Meanwhile, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar was supervising security arrangements around the venue by convening a meeting of senior police officials at the nearby Devaraja police station. A large number of barricades had been requisitioned to ensure security arrangements around the office of the Superintendent of Lokayukta police in Mysuru.
It may be mentioned here that Mr. Siddaramaiah has been named as accused no. 1 in the FIR lodged by the Lokayukta police based on a complaint by activist Snehamayi Krishna alleging irregularities in the allotment of compensatory sites by MUDA to his wife Parvathi under the contentious 50:50 ratio scheme.
The Lokayukta police had already questioned Ms. Parvathi, who is named as accused no. 2, and her brother Mallikarjunaswamy, who gifted her 3 acres and 16 guntas of land in Kesare on the outskirts of Mysuru that was used by MUDA to develop a layout, and Devaraju, who sold the land in Kesare to Mallikarjunaswamy.
While expressing happiness over the release of the pending 25% dues pertaining to bills for the completed civic works, contractors working under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) termed the decision to withhold 5% as security against any defect found by Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das’ committee as unfair.
All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) staged a demonstration in Thoothukudi against the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to classify agricultural lands owned by farmers in Keela Vilathikulam, Kathalampatti as temple assets, as well as to repeal the temple pattas of the lands which were taken from farmers of Vilvamarathupatti