A special court in Bengaluru has deferred its decision on the Enforcement Directorate's petition challenging the "B report" of Lokayukta in the MUDA land case, in which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been named. The court said it would not give a decision on the petition until the final report of the Lokayukta Police is filed. Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat has directed the Lokayukta Police to continue the investigation and submit the final report.
In the "B Report", the Lokayukta Police had given a clean chit to the Chief Minister, his wife Parvati, wife's brother and the land seller due to lack of evidence. The ED, however, has challenged the report and demanded a deeper probe.
The Lokayukta is already investigating more than 130 other people connected to the alleged scam.
Earlier, the Lokayukta police had submitted an initial report after looking into the allegations against Siddaramaiah and three others.
But the court said the investigation should not be limited to just four individuals and asked the police to investigate everyone connected to the case and file a comprehensive report.
The next hearing of the case will be on May 7.
The MUDA case involves allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 premium sites in Mysuru to Mr Siddaramaiah's wife by the authority.
It has been alleged that the value of the compensatory sites -- located in an upmarket area in Mysuru -- is far higher than that of the land acquired from her by MUDA.
Social activists have alleged that the allotment has led to a loss of Rs 45 crore to the state.
Besides Mr Siddaramaiah and his wife, his brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy, Devaraju and others have been named in the FIR registered by the Lokayukta police on September 27.
Devaraju is the man from whom Mallikarjuna Swamy had purchased land and gifted it to Ms Parvathi.
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