MYSURU: A 12-member ED team on Friday launched investigations into money laundering charges in the Mysore Urban Development Authority's ( Muda ) land-swap scam involving Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah 's family.
With over a dozen armed CRPF personnel, including four women, standing guard near the Muda office on JLB Road and the Mysuru tahsildar's office in Nazarbad, ED officers combed through documents related to the alleged scam, especially concerning the controversial 50:50 sites scheme. Entry of visitors and unauthorised persons into the premises was restricted during the verification process.
Barely 100 metres away, Lokayukta sleuths, who are also probing the scam, were quizzing revenue department officers.
The ED sleuths arrived at the Muda office around 11.45am and looked through records related to three acres and 16 guntas of disputed land in Kesare survey no. 464 and 14 sites in upscale Vijayanagar, which were returned by Siddaramaiah's wife early this month.
Muda secretary Prasanna Kumar confirmed the ED investigations and said they were offering full cooperation to the central agency.
Following a directive by the special court dealing with criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in Bengaluru, Lokayukta police had on Sept 27 filed a case against Siddaramaiah, wife Parvathi, brother-in-law B M Mallikarjuna Swamy, land owner Devaraju J and others under IPC, Prevention of Corruption Act, Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act and Land-Grabbing Prohibition Act.
During the day, Lokayukta sleuths questioned two former revenue department officials who were involved in the alienation process of the disputed land. The land was alienated before being developed into a layout. The officials involved in the process were summoned to the Lokayukta office to provide evidence in the case.
Sleuths have already collected evidence from the complainant, Snehamayi Krishna, and two accused persons, Malikarjuna Swamy and Devraju.
The Lokayukta officials are expected to summon other officials from Muda, land records and tahsildar's offices who were involved in the process related to the Kesare land.
With over a dozen armed CRPF personnel, including four women, standing guard near the Muda office on JLB Road and the Mysuru tahsildar's office in Nazarbad, ED officers combed through documents related to the alleged scam, especially concerning the controversial 50:50 sites scheme. Entry of visitors and unauthorised persons into the premises was restricted during the verification process.
Barely 100 metres away, Lokayukta sleuths, who are also probing the scam, were quizzing revenue department officers.
The ED sleuths arrived at the Muda office around 11.45am and looked through records related to three acres and 16 guntas of disputed land in Kesare survey no. 464 and 14 sites in upscale Vijayanagar, which were returned by Siddaramaiah's wife early this month.
Muda secretary Prasanna Kumar confirmed the ED investigations and said they were offering full cooperation to the central agency.
Following a directive by the special court dealing with criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in Bengaluru, Lokayukta police had on Sept 27 filed a case against Siddaramaiah, wife Parvathi, brother-in-law B M Mallikarjuna Swamy, land owner Devaraju J and others under IPC, Prevention of Corruption Act, Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act and Land-Grabbing Prohibition Act.
During the day, Lokayukta sleuths questioned two former revenue department officials who were involved in the alienation process of the disputed land. The land was alienated before being developed into a layout. The officials involved in the process were summoned to the Lokayukta office to provide evidence in the case.
Sleuths have already collected evidence from the complainant, Snehamayi Krishna, and two accused persons, Malikarjuna Swamy and Devraju.
The Lokayukta officials are expected to summon other officials from Muda, land records and tahsildar's offices who were involved in the process related to the Kesare land.
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