ED conducts raids at MUDA office in Mysuru [Video]

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths continued raids at the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) office on Saturday in connection with the land scam involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Sources said the ED was likely to intensify its search as crucial documents related to ownership, denotification and land conversion were missing.

The Central Reserve Protection Force (CRPF) personnel and local police were deputed at the MUDA office. The CRPF personnel stayed at the MUDA building the entire night. The main entrance was locked and only MUDA officers, security personnel and ED sleuths were allowed.

As per the instructions of the ED officers, MUDA Commissioner Raghunandan A. N. and all senior officers arrived at the office early in the morning.

The ED officers conducted searches and inspections in the MUDA till 11 p.m. on Friday and grilled Commissioner Raghunandan and other senior officers about the original documents relating to the land ownership and allotment to CM Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathy.

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