Lokayukta files 11,000 page report

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Lokayukta Police submitted a 11,000 page final report in the MUDA site allotment case to the court on Thursday. The development came a day after the clean chit given to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah by the Lokayukta police was officially made public. Lokayukta police have submitted the 11,000 page final report to the Special Court that exclusively deals with criminal cases related to former and incumbent MPs/MLAs in Bengaluru, a senior official told PTI.

Siddaramaiah is facing allegations of illegalities in Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) allotting 14 sites to his wife Parvathi B M. Siddaramaiah, his wife, brother-in-law B M Mallikarjun Swamy, Devaraju -- from whom Swamy had purchased a land and gifted it to Parvathi -- and others were named in the FIR registered by the Lokayukta police establishment located in Mysuru on September 27 after the special court gave an order to this effect. The FIR was registered based on a complaint filed by RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna. On Wednesday in a notice to Snehamayi Krishna, the Lokayukta police had said that they conducted the investigation and the allegations against the first four accused have not been proven due to lack of evidence, and they are submitting the final report to the court. The notice stated that the Lokayukta police have found that the case was civil in nature, not fit for investigation, a case of misinterpretation of law or facts, and not fit for any action. "If the complainant has any objection, he can challenge it before the magistrate of the Special Court within a week from the date of the notice," it further said.

However, the Lokayukta police would further investigate the case related to the sites allotted by MUDA on a 50:50 ratio on alternative developed areas from 2016 to 2024 and would submit an additional final report. In the MUDA site allotment case, it is alleged that 14 compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife in an upmarket area in Mysuru (Vijayanagar Layout 3rd and 4th stages), which had higher property value as compared to the land which had been "acquired" by MUDA.