FIR against BS Yeddyurappa, HD Kumaraswamy for collusion in denotification

The JD(S) leader's mother-in-law, Vimala, is said to have had the power of attorney of the land and sold it to her son, TS Channappa. The three parcels of land — survey No. 7/1B, 7/1C and 7/1D — measuring 17 guntas each were owned by Thimma Reddy, T Nagappa and Muniswamappa and acquired by BDA in 1976 to form the Matadahalli layout. The BDA even took possession of the land. However, an application for denotification of the land was made in 2007. Kumaraswamy, who was the chief minister from February 3, 2006 to October 8, 2007, allegedly insisted that the land be denotified, overruling recommendations to the contrary by officials. After the JD(S) leader quit, Yeddyurppa, who became the chief minister, denotified the land in 2010. Curiously, the BJP and JD(S) leaders were at daggers drawn in the public all through this denotification saga. The FIR comes even as the beleaguered Congress government is desperately fending off pleas for probe into denotification of land by it in the Arkavathi Layout. The BJP and the JD(S) had recently joined hands against the Congress government in the House during the controversy surrounding the alleged suicide by IAS officer DK Ravi last month. Sections invoked * 13 (i) (c) and (d) and 13 (ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act pertaining to criminal misconduct by public servant punishable with imprisonment up to seven years * 401 (criminal breach of trust by public servant,), 418 (Cheating with knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest offender is bound to protect), 420 (cheating) and 120B (Punishment of criminal conspiracy) of IPC

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