Lokayukta police submits report to Special Court in MUDA case involving CM Siddaramaiah
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Lokayukta police submit report on MUDA case involving Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to Bengaluru Special Court.
The Lokayukta police have submitted their report to the Special Court in Bengaluru regarding the MUDA alternative site allotment case, which involves Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his wife.
The report was submitted on Friday (January 25, 2025), ahead of the court hearing scheduled for January 27.
According to sources, the report was initially set to be submitted a day before the hearing. However, since January 25 was a fourth Saturday and a court holiday, the Lokayukta police advanced the submission to January 24.
Officials from the Mysuru Lokayukta remained tight-lipped about the contents of the report and refused to disclose any details.
The case stems from an FIR registered against Mr. Siddaramaiah and others on September 27, 2024.
Following a complaint by RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna, the special court in Bengaluru directed the jurisdictional Lokayukta police in Mysuru on September 25 to conduct an investigation.
As per the complaint, a piece of land originally owned by Devaraju was sold to B.M. Mallikarjuna Swamy on August 25, 2004. The land, initially classified as agricultural, was later converted for non-agricultural use.
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