Karanataka CM Siddaramaiah questioned by Lokayukta police in land scam case
The state’s anti-corruption ombudsman had earlier summoned the chief minister to appear before it in Mysuru in the matter.
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The police wing of the Lokayukta on Wednesday questioned Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for nearly two hours in connection with alleged irregularities in the allotment of compensatory housing sites to his wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority, reported The Hindu.
The Lokayukta, the state’s anti-corruption ombudsman, had earlier summoned Siddaramaiah to appear before it in Mysuru in the matter.
On Wednesday, the chief minister arrived at the Lokayukta police office in the city and was questioned from 10.10 am to 12.05 pm, according to The Hindu.
Later in the day, Siddaramaiah told reporters that he had answered all the questions that the Lokayukta police asked, PTI reported.
“Everything has happened legally,” the chief minister said, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) were making false allegations against him.
The alleged scam pertains to the allotment of 14 high-value housing sites in Mysuru’s Vijaynagar area to Siddaramaiah’s wife, Parvathi, in 2021 by the Mysore Urban Development Authority under a state government scheme.
This was allegedly done in exchange for 3.1 acres of land that Parvathi owned in another part of the city. The land was allegedly illegally acquired from Dalit families.
On September 25, a special court in Bengaluru ordered a Lokayukta police investigation against Siddaramaiah after the Karnataka High Court upheld the sanction granted by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to prosecute...
