Latest News in India: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has lodged a money laundering case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam.
The central agency has lodged a case following a recent FIR lodged by the state Lokayukta.
The ED filed an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against Siddaramaiah and others accused in the scam, including his wife, BM Parvathi, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy, and Devaraju, who had first sold the land to Swamy, which was later gifted to Parvathi. A case has been registered after the Lokayukta police in Mysuru filed an FIR on September 27.
This is one step forward as the central agency escalates in the MUDA land scam probe, especially with the interrogation probing into money laundering charges allegedly connected to the Karnataka CM and his family members.