BENGALURU: Lokayukta police on Thursday submitted the ‘B’ report (closure report) to the registry of the special court in the alleged scam in allotment of sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
A team of Lokayukta police conducted an investigation based on a complaint by activist Snehamayi Krishna against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvathi, her brother Mallikarjuna Swamy and Devaraju J, for their alleged involvement in the scam.
The Lokayukta police submitted the 800-page report to the registry of the special court to try criminal cases against sitting and former MPs/MLAs.
A notice was issued to Krishna on Wednesday, stating that he can file a protest petition, if any, to the ‘B’ report to be filed on Thursday as there were no materials to proceed against the accused.
Sources said the Lokayukta police, however, sought time from the court to investigate materials found during the probe against other accused in the case.
After a scrutiny, the registry will place the report before the special court, which will hear the case on February 24. On September 25, 2024, Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat of the special court ordered to the Mysuru Lokayukta police to register a complaint against the CM, his wife and two others under the provisions of IPC, Prevention of Corruption Act, Prohibition of Benami Property Transaction Act and the Karnataka Land Grabbing Prohibition Act, and submit a report.
The Lokayukta police would further investigate the case related to the sites allotted by MUDA on a 50:50 ratio on alternative developed areas from 2016 to 2024 and would submit an additional final report as per column 173(8) of CRPC, the notice added.
In the MUDA site allotment case, it is alleged that 14 compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife in an upmarket area in Mysuru (Vijayanagar Layout 3rd and 4th stages), which had higher property value as compared to the location of her land which had been "acquired" by MUDA.
The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 ratio scheme in lieu of 3. 16 acres of her land, where it developed a residential layout.
Under the controversial scheme, MUDA allotted 50 per cent of developed land to the land losers in lieu of undeveloped land acquired from them for forming residential layouts.
However, after the site allocation turned into a major controversy Parvathi wrote to MUDA asking it to cancel 14 sites allotted to her and the MUDA had accepted it.
