New Delhi, June 10 (HS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 92 plots in Bengaluru, estimated to be worth around Rs 100 crore, in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. The action has been taken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002.

The central probe agency, ED, said in a statement on Tuesday that the total amount of properties attached so far has reached over Rs 400 crore. According to the central agency, the fresh action is part of an ongoing investigation in which assets worth Rs 400 crore have been attached so far. The ED has alleged that these properties are registered in the name of entities such as housing cooperative societies and individuals, who are mask or dummies for influential persons, including officials of the Mysore Urban Development Authority.

The Enforcement Directorate said it had initiated its investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Lokayukta Police, Mysuru, against Siddaramaiah and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. ED's investigation has revealed a large-scale scam related to the allotment of Muda sites. The agency claims that statutory provisions and government orders or guidelines have been violated to make bogus allotments.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar