MUDA scam: ED attaches 92 immovable properties worth Rs 100 crore

Enforcement Directorate

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said that it has has provisionally attached 92 immovable properties (MUDA sites) worth Rs 100 crore in connection with MUDA Scam linked to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah.

The central probe agencies said that the properties attached are registered in the name of entities such as housing cooperative societies and individuals who are fronts or dummies for influential persons, including MUDA officials.

ED, Bangalore has provisionally attached 92 immovable properties (MUDA sites) having market value of Rs. 100 Crore (approx.) on 9/06/2025 under the provisions of the PMLA, 2002, in connection with MUDA Scam case matter related to Siddaramaiah and others having cumulative

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The central agency launched a probe based on an FIR registered by the Lokayuktha Police, Mysore, under various sections of the IPC, 1860 and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

ED probe uncovered a large-scale scam in allotment of MUDA sites by flouting various statutes and government orders/ guidelines and by other fraudulent means.

Additionally, the role of former-MUDA commissioners, including GT Dinesh Kumar, has been highlighted in the illegal allotment of compensation sites to ineligible entities/individuals.

The accused made illegal allotment by first identifying ineligible beneficiaries and then using fake documents/incomplete documents and also back dating of allotment letters in some cases.

The gratification received for making these illegal allotments was routed through a co-operative society and bank accounts of the relatives/associates of the officers playing a key role in the allotment process.

Subsequently, these were used used to purchase some of these illegally allotted MUDA sites in the name of relatives of MUDA officers.

These 92 MUDA sites are in addition to the previous attachment of 160 MUDA sites having a market value of approximately Rs 300 crore, taking  cumulative market value of the Proceeds of Crime provisionally attached so far is approximately Rs. 400 crore.