Scam-hit state-owned corporation chairperson and MLA Daddal arrives at Vidhana Soudha

PTI, Jul 15, 2024, 1:19 PM IST

Bengaluru: Basanagouda Daddal, chairperson of the scam-hit Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation, who was inaccessible for the last few days arrived at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Monday.

Daddal, the Raichur Rural Congress MLA, reached the Vidhana Soudha to attend the Assembly session starting from Monday till July 26.

Speaking to reporters, he said he was not missing but had gone to his village.

With regard to the illegal transfer of Rs 88 crore to various bank accounts, the MLA said he has not received any notice from the Enforcement Directorate.

The ED has joined the probe along with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the multi-crore scam.

The ED raided several locations allegedly belonging to former Minister B Nagendra and Daddal five days ago. It arrested Nagendra on Friday in connection with the scam.

The alleged ‘scam’ came to light after the Accounts Superintendent of the Corporation, Chandrasekharan P, died by suicide on May 26.

In the suicide note, Chandrasekharan alleged that there was an illegal transfer of Rs 88 crore belonging to the Corporation.

Nagendra, who held the scheduled tribes welfare portfolio, resigned following Chandrasekharan’s death.

The Congress government thereafter constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has so far arrested 11 people in connection with the case.

The CBI is also probing the case after the Union Bank of India lodged a complaint with it regarding the illegal transfer of money.