BENGALURU: Karnataka Lokayukta‘s Mysuru office said it was still awaiting communication from the headquarters regarding the Muda case. It was a Lokayukta probe into illegal mining that led to B S Yediyurappa resigning as chief minister in 2011.
Krishna’s petition names Siddaramaiah as accused no. 1, followed by his wife, brother-in-law Mallikarjun Swamy, Devaraju J (son of the original owner of the land), and others.
The activist has accused the two-time chief minister, who started his second term at the helm of a Congress govt 16 months ago, of misusing his official position to acquire nearly 3.2 acres at Kesare village of Mysuru’s Devanuru Mahedava Layout.This tranche of land was then allegedly exchanged for 14 sites in Vijayanagar III stage in Mysuru city by fabricating documents. Special judge Bhat directed his office to register Krishna’s petition as a private complaint and communicate its orders to Lokayukta.
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