BENGALURU: Chairman of the judicial commission investigating the Muda scam, retired judge of Karnataka High Court P.N. Desai, submitted a six-volume report to the Siddaramiah government on Thursday.
Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh received the report on behalf of the government, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) stated.
The details of the report are yet to come out.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the main accused in the case, and his wife B.M. Parvathi is named as the second accused.
The Karnataka Lokayukta has submitted its initial report to the court regarding the case. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is also probing the matter. The petitioner in the case Snehamayi Krishna has filed a petition before the High Court seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The Siddaramaiah-led government had constituted the judicial commission just before the beginning of the monsoon session in July 2024. The Commission was mandated to submit its report within a period of six months. However, the Commission has taken more time for the submission of the report.
The MUDA scam is primarily over the purchase, de-notification, gifting, encroachment, and awarding of sites in connection with 3.16 acres of land owned by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi.
The BJP has alleged a loss of about Rs 4, 000 crore to the government by alleged fraudulent allotments.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is also accused of misusing his office to create fraudulent documents over the 3.17-acre land near Mysuru city and getting 14 sites allotted from the MUDA in the name of his wife.
Siddaramaiah has maintained that allotments are made during the tenure of the BJP government. After allotments, the BJP has claimed it to be a “scam”.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had initially claimed that his family never asked for sites at the prime localities. “We are ready to return them. The government should provide him Rs 62 crore instead, ” the Chief Minister said. However, his wife returned the allotted 14 sites to the MUDA later.