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

NEW DELHI: ED Tuesday arrested erstwhile Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) commissioner GT Dinesh Kumar successful a wealth laundering lawsuit related to amerciable allotment of plots. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his woman are among others facing probe successful the case.

He was produced earlier the peculiar tribunal connected Wednesday and remanded successful ED custody for 9 days. On the time of Dinesh's arrest, ED carried retired searches astatine his residence successful Bengaluru and took him to its zonal bureau for questioning, wherever it arrested him precocious evening. ED sources said Dinesh, during his tenure arsenic commissioner, allegedly indulged successful large-scale amerciable allotment of MUDA sites "in lieu of gratification benefits". In Jan, ED attached 142 properties, having a marketplace worth of Rs 300 crore, successful the case, and besides claimed Siddaramaiah's engagement successful the matter. The attached properties were registered successful the names of assorted existent property agents. The ED's lawsuit is based connected an FIR registered by the Lokayukta constabulary Mysore against Siddaramaiah and others.