High Court rejects plea seeking CBI probe into alleged Muda scam involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, wife

The Karnataka High Court refused to transfer the investigation by the Lokayukta police into the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, to the Central Bureau of Investigation. While pronouncing the order, Justice M Nagaprasanna said, “The material on record does not indicate that investigation conducted by Lokayukta is partisan or lood sidedor shoddy for this court to refer the matter to CBI for further investigation or reinvestigation. Petition is dismissed."

The plea was filed by an RTI activist for a CBI probe against Siddaramaiah and his family for alleged corruption in land allotments made by MUDA in 2021 in which the Karnataka Lokayukta police conducted an investigation.

Earlier, the Karnataka High Court reserved its judgment in a plea filed by RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna for a CBI probe into land grants made by Muda to Siddaramaiah’s family in 2021.