ED booked Siddaramaiah under PMLA

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a money-laundering case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others, following a recent FIR by the state Lokayukta related to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) that has seen the Congress leader in deep trouble.Siddaramaiah, along with his wife BM Parvathi, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy, and Devaraju — who sold land to Swamy, which was later gifted to Parvathi — have been named in an FIR registered by the Mysuru-based Lokayukta police on September 27.The ED is invoking sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA)
in its case, which allows the agency to summon individuals for questioning and potentially attach assets during the investigation. The Lokayukta police registered an FIR against the CM Siddaramaiah and others in the site allotment case on Friday.Siddaramaiah has denied any wrongdoing and claimed the allegations against him are politically motivated.He noted that this was the first "political case" against him and reiterated that he would not resign despite the court's order for an investigation. He maintained his innocence and vowed to fight the case legally.

(State Correspondent)