Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Bengaluru Special Court Accepts Lokayukta Closure Report, Clears Siddaramaiah and Wife in MUDA Case

The order directs continued probes against other accused with the ED permitted only limited intervention.

Overview

  • The court accepted the Lokayukta police 'B' report for Siddaramaiah, B.M. Parvathi, Mallikarjuna Swamy and J. Devaraj, rejecting the complainant’s protest and a plea for contempt proceedings.
  • The case stems from allegations that 14 MUDA sites worth about ₹56 crore were allotted to Parvathi in exchange for 3.16 acres under a 50:50 compensation scheme, a grant she returned in 2024.
  • The Lokayukta filed the closure report in February 2025 after the Governor’s 2024 sanction under Section 17A enabled an FIR and investigation later upheld by the Karnataka High Court.
  • The special court set February 9 as the next date for filing the final report on the ongoing probe into other accused persons.
  • A 2025 judicial commission found no wrongdoing by the CM’s family but flagged large-scale MUDA irregularities, while the ED’s separate PMLA track includes property attachments of roughly ₹300 crore and a prosecution complaint against ex-MUDA commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar.