Muda Case: ED attachs 92 properties of Rs 100; Investigation shows ‘large -scale’ site allocation scam | Bharat News
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has attached 92 Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) sites worth Rs 100 crore in a money laundering case related to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others. This latest action takes the total value of the properties attached to the ongoing investigation to Rs 400 crore. The investigation has highlighted a refined scheme related to the allocation of illegal site through fraud documents and bribery through cooperative societies. According to the ED, “attached properties are registered in the name of a unit like Housing Cooperative Society and individuals who are in front/dummy for influential persons including MUDA officials.”“The ED investigation revealed a massive scam in the allocation of MUDA sites through various laws and government orders/ guidelines and other frauds. The role of former-Muda commissioners including GT Dinesh Kumar has played an important role in illegal allocation of compensation sites for unqualified institutions/individuals. The statement said that there is evidence regarding evidence regarding getting bribe for illegal allocation in cash, bank transfer, mold/immovable properties during the investigation.According to the investigating agency, Scam’s modus operandi included identifying unqualified beneficiaries and allocation using fake or incomplete documents, violating government orders directly. In some examples, the allocation letters were backdated. The ED said, “The satisfaction received to make these illegal allocation was routed through bank accounts of relatives/colleagues of officers who played an important role in a cooperative society and allotment process.”The ED stated that “Thus the satisfaction received was further used to buy some of these illegally allotted folded sites in the name of relatives of Muda officials.”After the Governor, Thawar Chand Gehlot, the investigation rose in the investigation, authorized an inquiry into Siddaramaiah’s participation. A special court later ordered an FIR against the Chief Minister and three others on September 27, after a petition by social activist Snehaiya Krishna. The Karnataka High Court has upheld the Governor’s decision. The case includes violations under several laws, including the IPC, Prevention of Corruption Act, prohibition of benami property transactions Act, and Karnataka land grabbing prohibition acts.
