Bhubaneswar, Feb. 20 -- The Karnataka Lokayukta, investigating the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case, filed an 11,000-page closure report with the Special Court for MLAs and MPs in Bengaluru on Thursday. This submission came just a day after the Karnataka Lokayukta cleared Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other accused individuals in the case.

Mysuru Lokayukta SP T.J. Udesh submitted the report to the court. It includes statements from over 50 individuals, confirming the absence of any evidence against CM Siddaramaiah, his wife B.M. Parvathi, his brother-in-law Mallikarjunswamy, and landowner J. Devaraju, who were all accused in the case. However, the investigation will continue regarding other officers and accused individual...