Bengaluru activist who filed plea against CM Siddaramaiah in Muda case arrested
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Snehamayi Krishna was the key complainant in the Muda land allotment controversy, alleging irregularities in residential site allocations involving Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi B M, and associates.
Snehamayi Krishna, the activist who fought a case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) land allotment case, has been arrested by the Bangalore Crime Branch. The arrest marks a fresh turn in a controversy that had earlier seen the chief minister and his family receive a clean chit from both a special court and an independent commission. The precise grounds for Krishna’s arrest were not immediately known.
Krishna had emerged as a key complainant in the Muda land allotment row, accusing Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi B M, and certain associates of irregularities in the allocation of residential sites in Mysuru.
His central allegation concerned the allotment of compensatory plots to Parvathi in exchange for a disputed parcel of land in Kesare village.
He questioned the legitimacy of the original land title and claimed that the compensatory allotment caused financial loss to the state exchequer.
The complaints triggered multiple legal proceedings and investigations. In January, a special court dismissed Krishna’s plea challenging the Lokayukta’s closure report and seeking further prosecution.
The court upheld the Lokayukta’s findings that there was insufficient evidence to proceed against Siddaramaiah and others, effectively closing the case at that stage.
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