Illegal land deal: Special court orders criminal case against Siddu, 10 others

Team Udayavani, Aug 24, 2019, 3:18 PM IST

Bengaluru: A special court has ordered the police to register a criminal case against former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and 10 other in connection with an illegal land deal.

The case dates back to 1997 when Siddaramaiah was the Deputy Chief Minister of the state and had alleged denotified land illegally.

Apart from Siddaramaiah, who is named as prime accused in the case, 10 others including sitting BJP MLA SA Ramdas, former MLC G Madhusudhan, serving and retired IAS and KAS cadre officials have been named as co-accused.

It may be recalled that Siddaramaiah in 1997 had allegedly denotified land at Mysuru’s Hinakel misusing his powers as the Dy.CM of the state and had sold it in 2003. Following which a person named Gangaraj had filed a case at Laxmipuram Police Station after which a B report was submitted to the court. The court had then transferred the case to a special court in Bengaluru meant for representatives of people.