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Home | India | Karnataka Ed Conducts Raids In Money Laundering Case Linked To Muda Karnataka: ED conducts raids in money laundering case linked to MUDA MUDA office in Mysuru and some other locations are being raided by the federal probe agency officials along with an escort of a central paramilitary force By PTI Published Date - 18 October 2024, 01:16 PM Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) matter in which it has booked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah , his family members and others, official sources said. The MUDA office in Mysuru and some other locations are being raided by the federal probe agency officials along with an escort of a central paramilitary force, the sources said. No premises of the CM or his family are being covered, they said.
Also Read Congress govts in Karnataka, Telangana reel under nepotism scams The federal agency few weeks back had filed a enforcement case information report (ECIR) to book the CM and others taking cognisance of a recent Lokayukta FIR, the sources said. The CM is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife by the MUDA. Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvathi, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy and Devaraju — from whom Swamy had purchased a land and gifted it to Parvathi — and others have been named in the FIR registered by the Mysuru-located Lokayukta police establishment on September 27.
The CM had denied any wrongdoing by him or his family, saying the opposition was “scared” of him and had noted that it is the first such “political case” against him. Follow Us : Tags Bengaluru Bengaluru news latest Congress Government Congress scams Related News MLA Abbas Ansari gets Supreme Court relief in money laundering case Ravindra’s ton put NZ in driver’s seat, visitors lead by 299 runs at lunch Bengaluru Test: Pant to miss action on Day 3 of 1st Test against NZ Revanth Reddy does volte face on Musi project cost, asks who said Rs 1.5 lakh crore!.
