ED to use software to track 50:50 MUDA sites
8,000 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 hard drives, will be processed using specially designed software aimed at tracing the land dealings of MUDA officials and their relatives.
During the raids, ED agents collected critical information, including phone numbers and family trees of high-ranking officials, Personal Assistants to former Chairmen (since 2004), MUDA Commissioners, Secretaries, Town Planners, Special Land Acquisition Officers, Special Tahsildars, Executive Engineers and Assistant Executive Engineers associated with MUDA’s establishment and site sections. A comprehensive list detailing the sites authorised by these officers has been compiled, including those allocated under the controversial 50:50 scheme. The investigation seeks to identify any relatives of officials involved, along with properties purchased under benami names.
Digitisation facilitates easy search
The ED’s investigation is based on the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Sources informed Star of Mysore that ED possesses specialised software capable of processing satellite images of properties distributed under the 50:50 ratio. Most properties in MUDA have been digitised, facilitating the ED sleuths in searching for and identifying any illegalities.
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