The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 92 immovable properties with an estimated market value of Rs 100 crore in connection with the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) scam. The attachment was carried out on June 9 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

According to the ED, the properties in question include Muda sites that are registered in the names of housing cooperative societies and individuals who are alleged to be front persons or proxies for influential individuals, including officials of the Muda.

The enforcement action stems from an investigation initiated on the basis of a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Lokayukta Police in Mysuru. The FIR was filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Among those named in the FIR is Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, along with others.

The ED’s investigation has uncovered what it describes as a large-scale scam involving the allotment of Muda sites. The agency claims that statutory provisions and government orders or guidelines were flouted to carry out fraudulent allotments. It further stated that the role of former Muda commissioners, including GT Dinesh Kumar, has emerged as central to the illegal allocation of compensation sites to individuals and entities who were ineligible. The investigation is ongoing.