Mysuru: Following complaints that five non-employees were discharging duties at RTO (West), a team of Lokayukta sleuths on Thursday raided the Office on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Road and conducted an inspection. The Lokayukta Police Officers, who arrived in five vehicles, conducted inspections, collected information and left the place. Mysuru Lokayukta Superintendent of Police (SP) T.J….
ED letter to Lokayukta is politically motivated: CM
December 5, 2024Mandya: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday questioned why the Enforcement Directorate wrote a letter to the Lokayukta Police about an alleged corruption case against him, accusing the agency of being politically motivated. The Congress leader claimed that the letter, sent just one day before a High Court hearing on the case, was intended to influence…
Catholic Christian Association to lodge Lokayukta complaint
November 22, 2024Mysuru: Mysore Division Catholic Christian Association (MDCCA) has decided to lodge a complaint with Lokayukta, against Cathedral Parish Society for getting allotted 55 sites worth several crores of rupees under the 50:50 scheme by MUDA on the basis of fake documents. Addressing media persons at Pathrakartara Bhavan in the city on Wednesday, President of MDCCA…
Lokayukta raids MCC Zone-5 Commissioner
November 12, 2024Mysuru: Lokayukta sleuths of the Mysuru division this morning raided the office and residence of D. Nagesh, the Commissioner of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Zonal Office-5, located near Basavanagudi Circle, Hebbal. The raids were conducted on charges of possessing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. The anti-corruption team conducted simultaneous raids on nine…
Echo of ED, Lokayukta investigations: Anger erupts as MUDA public services paralysed
October 22, 2024Mysuru: Public protests flared up outside the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Office yesterday as citizens expressed outrage over the suspension of crucial services like site registration and house plan approvals. The disruption stems from ongoing investigations into site allotment irregularities by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Mysuru Lokayukta. Protesters claimed that the daily presence…
IPS cadre promotion
October 18, 2024Mysuru: Mysuru Lokayukta Superintendent of Police T.J. Udesh has been granted a promotion to the IPS cadre. Responding to this news, Udesh stated that the Government order was issued on the Sept. 12. However, he noted that the movement order was received only yesterday. In addition to Lokayukta SP Udesh, Mysuru City Deputy Commissioner of…
MUDA 50:50 site scam investigation:Fresh plaint to Governoron missing documents
October 15, 2024Lokayukta officers accused of deliberately slowing down probe by bowing to political pressure Mysuru: The ongoing Lokayukta investigation into MUDA site scam has taken a new twist, with Lokayukta officials being accused of deliberately slowing down probe under pressure from influential figures in State Government. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife B.M. Parvathi, brother-in-law B.M. Mallikarjunaswamy,…
Judicial setback for CM as MLA Court orders FIR
September 26, 2024Lokayukta probe into illegal mining led to B.S. Yediyurappa resigning as CM in 2011 Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah encountered a second legal setback in as many days, with the Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru yesterday approving an investigation against him in Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam. The first blow came on Tuesday,…
2017 Hinkal site allotment scam: Lokayukta issues notices to 18 MUDA officials
September 11, 2024Mysuru: A day after the Karnataka High Court postponed the hearing on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s petition challenging the legality of Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s sanction for his prosecution in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site scam case to Sept. 12 (Thursday), the Lokayukta has issued notices to 18 officials over allegations of improper site allocations…
Labour Officer in Lokayukta net
July 19, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In an early morning shock, the Lokayukta sleuths from Bengaluru assisted by Mysuru Lokayukta Police conducted simultaneous raids on offices and houses of Mysuru District Labour Officer Chethan Kumar, following allegations of amassing wealth disproportionate to the known sources of his income, here this morning. Lokayukta sleuths arrived at Chethan’s residences in Dattagalli and…
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