
ED raids MUDA
Mysuru: Ending days of speculation about the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) impending investigation into Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, a 12-member team of officers arrived at MUDA Office in city this morning. They will stay put for two days and public entry to MUDA Office has been restricted.
The investigation focuses on the controversial allotment of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi, along with other irregularities related to 50:50 site allocations, alternative sites and compensatory sites. Social activist Snehamayi Krishna has complained to the ED that irregularities worth Rs. 4,000 crore to Rs. 5,000 crore has happened in MUDA.
The team, accompanied by armed personnel, travelled from Bengaluru’s Shantinagar Office and arrived at MUDA gate around 10.45 am. More than 20 armed personnel from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have provided security to the ED sleuths. The Mysuru City Police are providing additional security.
After their arrival, an ED representative informed the Police officers on duty at MUDA gate that they were from ED in Bengaluru. Upon hearing the update, MUDA Commissioner A.N. Raghunandan promptly arrived at the gate to welcome the ED officers. Subsequently, the sleuths proceeded directly to the MUDA Commissioner’s chamber on second floor, where they began discussions in the antechamber around 11.30 am.
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