Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 29 (HBTV): In a significant relief to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, a Special Court in Bengaluru has accepted the ‘B’ report filed by the Lokayukta in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case, effectively giving a clean chit to the Chief Minister and his wife, BM Parvathi.
The Special Court for People’s Representatives accepted the report on January 28. The Lokayukta, endorsing the police ‘B’ report, stated that there was no evidence to proceed with the investigation against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and three other accused.
The case pertains to the alleged allotment of 14 plots by MUDA to Siddaramaiah’s wife in 2021. The plots are located in the Vijayanagara area of Mysuru. Separately, the Enforcement Directorate is probing allegations that MUDA had acquired 3.16 acres of land owned by Parvathi in Kesare village.
It was alleged that Siddaramaiah used his political influence to secure compensation in the form of 14 residential sites in his wife’s name in exchange for three acres and 16 guntas of land acquired by MUDA. The land was reportedly acquired for INR 3,24,700, while the value of the 14 sites in the prime locality was estimated at around INR 56 crore.
On August 19, 2024, the Governor of Karnataka had accorded sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, permitting an investigation against Siddaramaiah. Subsequently, on September 24, 2024, the Karnataka High Court upheld the Governor’s sanction and observed that a probe into the allegations raised in Krishna’s complaint was warranted.
Earlier in 2025, Karnataka Minister HK Patil stated that PN Desai, chairman of the judicial commission probing the alleged MUDA scam, had given a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family.
Speaking to reporters, Patil said the commission’s findings had cleared the Chief Minister and his family of any wrongdoing in the MUDA matter.
‘PN Desai, chairman of the alleged MUDA scam judicial commission, has given a clean chit to the Chief Minister and the CM’s family in the MUDA case,’ Patil said. (ANI)