FIR filed against Yeddyurappa in land allotment scam

The Lokayukta police today filed a first information report (FIR) against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, in connection with a case of alleged cheating in land allotment.

According to Lokayukta police sources, a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy has been registered against him in connection with the site allotment scam in the Karnataka Housing Board (KHB).

The FIR was filed under sections 420 (cheating), 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) and 13 (1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The FIR was registered following the principal district and sessions court on 21 February admitting a private case against him, his daughter SY Arunadevi, four of her assistants as also two KHB officials in connection with KHB sites allotment irregularities under the discretionary and press quotas.

Judge Mahalakshmi Nerale had directed that the case be probed by the Lokayukta police under Section 13(1D) of Prevention of Corruption Act and the report be submitted to the court by 14 March.

Advocate B Vinod stated in his submission to the court that Yeddyurappa had allotted KHB sites to four persons under discretionary and press quotas only to transfer them to his daughter Arunadevi's name when he was the deputy chief minister.

Vinod alleged that the KHB sites were illegally allotted to one Manjunath under discretionary quota and Krishna, Shivashankar and Sandesh Gowda under press quota at the layout on the Kallahalli-Kashipur Road. He charged that the three persons, who had been allotted sites under the press quota, were not journalists.