4 Water Inspectors and 18 Meter Readers siphon off money paid by 490 citizens towards pending water bills Mysuru: Mysuru seems to be grappling with a series of corruption scams involving public funds. After the massive illegal allotment of thousands of sites and the embezzlement of crores of rupees by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority…
ED to use software to track 50:50 MUDA sites
October 23, 20248,000 pages of documents, digitised records to be analysed to uncover about 5,000 site allocations Mysuru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), the federal anti-money laundering agency, has seized over 8,000 pages of documents during its recent raid on Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office. These property documents, consisting of physical copies and scanned records stored on…
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…
T.J. Abraham meets Guv seeking dismissal of AG over inaction
October 22, 2024Bengaluru: Social activist and one of the petitioners in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case T.J. Abraham met Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot yesterday and submitted a petition demanding dismissal of the Advocate General (AG) and urging swift action on a petition against Housing Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan. The petition pertains to the lack of…
ED wraps up 41-hour raid on MUDA office
October 20, 2024Investigators leave for Bengaluru at 2.30 am with key documents, hard drives Mysuru: In a high-stakes operation, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers have seized crucial documents linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 50:50 site allotment scam. The 12-member ED team wrapped up its intense two-day raid around 2.30 am today, leaving for Bengaluru with…
Will CBI join ED in MUDA probe?
October 19, 2024Mysuru: Will the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) join the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in ongoing investigation into MUDA site scam? According to highly placed sources in MUDA, the CBI is likely to enter the probe, as the corruption involved is estimated to be in the range of thousands of crores (a conservative estimate of Rs….
‘As Mysuru DC, Kumar Naik converted non-existent land to benefit Siddaramaiah’
October 19, 2024MP G. Kumar Naik must resign: MP Lahar Singh Siroya Bengaluru: BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya has demanded the resignation of Raichur Congress MP G. Kumar Naik, a former bureaucrat, over his alleged involvement in the MUDA scam. Siroya claimed that Naik, during his tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru, initiated the scam by converting…
ED sleuths camp at MUDA Office
October 19, 2024Sleep overnight in office premises to prevent tampering of evidence Mysuru: In a rare move, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials camped overnight yesterday at the MUDA Office as part of their ongoing investigation into the controversial land deals. Last night, arrangements were made for their stay, with mattresses, blankets, pillows, and bed sheets transported to the…
ED’s scope extends beyond 14 sites allotted to CM’s wife
October 19, 2024Snehamayi Krishna says ED has launched detailed probe into entire MUDA scam Mysuru: Even as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) intensified its probe into the massive site allotment scam by raiding the MUDA Office for vital documents yesterday, city-based activist and one of the key complainants in the case, Snehamayi Krishna, emphasised that the investigation covers…
Warning…: “We will expose politicians if targeted in MUDA scam”
October 17, 2024Former MUDA Commissioners threaten politicians! Mysuru: The ongoing land allotment scam involving the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has placed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a tight spot, particularly as it unravelled in his home district. This controversy resulted in the resignation of MUDA Chairman K. Marigowda yesterday. No action against former Commissioners Despite creating a…
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