ED searches premises linked to Ballari Congress MP Tukaram, three MLAs in connection with Valmiki corporation ‘scam’
The Hindu
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday searched the premises linked to Ballari Congress MP, E. Tukaram, and three MLAs in connection with alleged diversion of funds from the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation in 2024.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday searched the premises linked to Ballari Congress MP, E. Tukaram, and three MLAs in connection with alleged diversion of funds from the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation in 2024.
The premises linked to Mr. Tukaram and Nara Bharath Reddy, the MLA for Ballari, and J.N. Ganesh, MLA for Kampli, were searched by separate ED teams.
Mr. Tukaram and his wife E. Annapurna, MLA for Sandur, were questioned by the ED officials for a few hours. They also searched the residence of Govardhan Reddy, a close aide of Ballari Rural MLA and former Minister B. Nagendra.
The ED also arrived at the residence of MLA, N.T. Srinivas, at Narasimhagiri in Kudligi taluk. However, only the MLA’s mother was present at the time, and he was away.
The raids are linked to the alleged diversion of funds from the Valmiki corporation, of which ₹20.19 crore is suspected to have been used during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Ballari.
Filing a charge sheet in the case, with Mr. Nagendra as accused 1, in October, 2024, the ED had claimed ₹89.62 crore was diverted from the corporation into various accounts.
The charge sheet also claimed that of this, ₹20.19 crore was used to support the party candidate in the2024 Lok Sabha elections from Ballari constituency. A substantial part of this money was used to procure alcohol to be distributed during the elections, ED sources said.
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