Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, family members booked in alleged land scam case
The case was filed two days after a Bengaluru court ordered a Lokayukta police investigation against the Congress leader.
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The Lokayukta Police on Friday registered a first information report against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with an alleged land scam, PTI reported.
The chief minister’s wife BM Parvathi, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy and an individual named Devaraju have also been named in the case.
On Wednesday, a special court in Bengaluru had ordered a Lokayukta police investigation against Siddaramaiah after the Karnataka High Court upheld the sanction granted by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to prosecute him.
The alleged scam pertains to the allotment of 14 high-value housing sites in Mysuru’s Vijaynagar area to Parvathi, the chief minister’s wife, in 2021 by the Mysore Urban Development Authority under a state government scheme. This was allegedly done in exchange for 3.16 acres of land that she owned in another part of the city. The land was allegedly illegally acquired from Dalit families.
Mallikarjuna Swamy had allegedly bought the land from Devaraju and then gifted it to Parvathi.
After the High Court upheld the sanction to prosecute Siddaramaiah on September 24, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (Secular) have been demanding that he step down as the chief minister. However, he has rejected calls for his resignation, describing the allegations as politically motivated.
On Friday, Siddaramaiah questioned the moral right of the BJP to seek his resignation when Janata Dal (Secular)...
