Bangalore:
An FIR has been filed against Karnataka Forests Minister CP Yogeshwara on a complaint by Nandi Engineering Limited (NEL) that he allegedly cheated the firm of Rs 2 crore in lieu of promising to give land for construction of Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project.
The Vidhana Soudha (state secretariat) police on Thursday lodged FIR after Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar assured the State Assembly that he would look into the matter and direct police to take appropriate steps in this regard.
Congress MLA DK Shivakumar had raised the issue in the House on Thursday, lambasting the government for taking inadequate measures to file an FIR against Yogeshwara in the case, despite NEL filing a complaint against him on March 27.
NEL, in its complaint, had said it had given two cheques amounting Rs 2 crore to Yogeshwara after he promised to transfer the required land for constructing the project.
The company had given Rs 1 crore cheque each to Yogeshwara on January 20, 2005 and January 27, 2005, NEL said. Yogeshwara has termed the charges as politically motivated.
The Vidhana Soudha (state secretariat) police on Thursday lodged FIR after Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar assured the State Assembly that he would look into the matter and direct police to take appropriate steps in this regard.
Congress MLA DK Shivakumar had raised the issue in the House on Thursday, lambasting the government for taking inadequate measures to file an FIR against Yogeshwara in the case, despite NEL filing a complaint against him on March 27.
NEL, in its complaint, had said it had given two cheques amounting Rs 2 crore to Yogeshwara after he promised to transfer the required land for constructing the project.
The company had given Rs 1 crore cheque each to Yogeshwara on January 20, 2005 and January 27, 2005, NEL said. Yogeshwara has termed the charges as politically motivated.
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