ED arrests ex-Muda chief in case also tied to Siddaramaiah & wife

NEW DELHI: ED Tuesday arrested former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) commissioner GT Dinesh Kumar in a money laundering case related to illegal allotment of plots . Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his wife are among others facing investigation in the case. He was produced before the special court on Wednesday and remanded in ED custody for nine days.

On the day of Dinesh's arrest, ED carried out searches at his residence in Bengaluru and took him to its zonal office for questioning, where it arrested him late evening.

ED sources said Dinesh, during his tenure as commissioner, allegedly indulged in large-scale illegal allotment of MUDA sites "in lieu of gratification benefits".

In Jan, ED attached 142 properties, having a market value of Rs 300 crore, in the case, and also claimed Siddaramaiah's involvement in the matter. The attached properties were registered in the names of various real estate agents. The ED's case is based on an FIR registered by the Lokayukta police Mysore against Siddaramaiah and others.