Bengaluru, Feb. 22 -- Karnataka BJP leader NR Ramesh has filed a fresh complaint with the state Lokayukta, alleging chief minister Siddaramaiah's involvement in an illegal land de-notification case linked to the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda). The complaint, submitted to Lokayukta ADGP and IGP Subramanyeswara Rao, also named former Muda chairman C Basave Gowda and sought an inquiry into the "unlawful de-notification of prime land".

Ramesh also addressed a letter to governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot, urging an investigation against Siddaramaiah and others under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act. "CM Siddaramaiah had allegedly got the land on lease and later illegally registered it in his name on November 26, 1997. At ...