The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has not received any communication from the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on the attachment of immovable properties under investigation in the alleged scam relating to the controversial 50:50 scheme.
“We have not received any communication from ED in this regard,” said a senior MUDA official.
It may be mentioned here that the ED, in a statement on Friday, had not only termed the allotment of 14 alternative sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi in lieu of 3.16 acres of land acquired by MUDA as ‘illegal’, but also claimed that the agency had provisionally attached 142 immovable properties with a market value of over ₹300 crore, registered in the name of various real estate business people and agents.
While the 14 sites allotted to Parvathi had been returned to the MUDA, sources said however the probe into the alleged irregularities in the allotment of alternative sites by MUDA under the 50:50 ratio scheme was underway by a Commission of Inquiry headed by retired High Court Judge P.N. Desai.
Meanwhile, activist Snehamayi Krishna, who is the complainant in the case, told reporters that he was confident that not just 142 sites, but all the sites that had been allotted under the 50:50 ratio scheme would be confiscated by the authorities.
He said he would continue his struggle till all the sites allotted under the 50:50 schemes were returned to the MUDA.
Published – January 18, 2025 08:33 pm IST
