Mysuru: Mysuru Lokayukta Police yesterday questioned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi, in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case. “Parvathi was summoned and questioning lasted over three hours,” confirmed Lokayukta Superintendent of Police T.J. Udesh. The Lokayukta Police had issued a notice requiring Parvathi to appear for questioning. She arrived…
Governor’s sanction for prosecution in MUDA case: Siddaramaiah files appeal before HC Division Bench
October 25, 2024Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has approached the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court to challenge a Single Judge’s order upholding Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s sanction to prosecute him in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case. In his appeal filed on Oct. 23, Siddaramaiah seeks to quash the order issued by Justice…
Lokayukta probe into MUDA 50:50 site scam: Ex-Minister B.N. Bachegowda questioned in Bengaluru home
October 24, 2024He had written a note to his Principal Secretary regarding land on Survey No. 464 in Kesare, Mysuru Mysuru: The high-profile Mysuru Lokayukta Police investigation into the massive Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 50:50 alternative site allotment scam, involving the alleged illegal allocation of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi, has extended…
Kesare land: B.N. Bachegowda wrote a note to his Secretary
October 24, 2024Mysuru: The 14 sites in Vijayanagar Third and Fourth Stages were allegedly granted to B.M. Parvathi after MUDA acquired her 3.16-acre land at Kesare (Survey No. 464) without following proper land acquisition procedures. This land had been gifted to Parvathi by her brother, B.M. Mallikarjunaswamy, who had originally purchased it from J. Devaraju. While issuing…
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…
‘ED sleuths held MUDA officials at gunpoint’
October 23, 2024Had Siddaramaiah wished, he could have amassed properties worth Rs. 10,000 crore: Lakshmana Mysuru: KPCC Spokesperson M. Lakshmana has made explosive allegations, claiming that Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials who raided the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office on Oct. 18, in connection with the investigation into the 50:50 site scam, coerced officials into providing documents…
MUDA scam investigation widens: Former Chairmen, KAS, IAS Officers under ED radar
October 22, 2024Probe agency finds irregularities since 2004 Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is poised to issue notices to IAS Officers, three KAS Officers, 12 officials of various ranks and a former Chairman of MUDA concerning the illegal allotment of sites under the controversial 50:50 scheme. Highly placed sources informed Star of Mysore that the ED intends…
Mysuru Deputy Commissioner takes charge as MUDA Chairman
October 22, 2024Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, has officially taken over as the Chairman of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The notification confirming his appointment was issued on Oct. 21 and Reddy assumed office this noon. Reddy’s appointment follows the resignation of K. Marigowda, which was submitted on Oct. 16 and subsequently accepted by…
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…
50:50 ratio land swap deal for CM’s wife:ED poses 41 questions to MUDA; seeks documents
October 20, 2024Mysuru: In its investigation into the allotment of 14 Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi, in Vijayanagar Third and Fourth Stages, exchanged for her 3.16-acre land at Kesare under the 50:50 ratio scheme, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has posed 41 questions to MUDA officials. The four-page document, titled…











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