The ED has arrested former MUDA commissioner Dinesh Kumar in connection with alleged large-scale illegal site allotments. The case, based on a Lokayukta FIR, also names Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, his wife, and relatives. Kumar faces money laundering charges.
Searches conducted during investigation further revealed that a large number of sites, other than 14 sites allotted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife BM Parvathi, have been illegally allotted by MUDA
MUDA office in Mysuru and some other locations are being raided by the federal probe agency officials along with an escort of a central paramilitary force