MUDA 50:50 site scam: ED Digs Deeper
Mysuru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths, who raided the residence of former Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Member Rakesh Papanna at Hinkal in the outskirts of the city on Monday, in connection with the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities in 50:50 site allotment scheme at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), have continued their investigation for the second consecutive day today.
Rakesh Papanna and his father Hinkal Papanna are the close associates of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, whose wife B.M. Parvathi, was the beneficiary of 14 sites at upscale Vijayanagar Third and Fourth Stages, in lieu of 3.16 acres of land belonging to her at Survey No. 464 at Kesare village, that was utilised for the development of Devanur Layout by MUDA.
As the issue turned into a major controversy, Parvathi returned the sites to MUDA recently, but the probe involving ED and also Lokayukta Police, Mysore Division, continues, keeping the heat on, into the alleged site scam.
The ED officials, who subjected Rakesh Papanna (who had been nominated as MUDA Member, when he was the member of ZP) and his father, into intense grilling, reportedly questioned them about getting over 20 sites allotted illegally by MUDA under the 50:50 scheme and Incentive Scheme at Vijayanagar Second, Third and Fourth Stages, in exchange of a land acquired by MUDA in Hinkal.
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