Mysuru (Karnataka), Feb. 19 -- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family members have been given a clean chit by the Karnataka Lokayukta in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam case.

CM Siddaramaiah was named as 'Accused No. 1', his wife B.M. Parvathi as 'Accused No. 2', and his brother-in-law Mallikarjunaswamy as 'Accused No. 3'.

A landowner, J. Devaraju, was named as 'Accused No. 4'.

It was alleged that CM Siddaramaiah fraudulently secured the allotment of 14 sites by MUDA in his wife's name in exchange for the acquisition of 3.16 acres of land.

The Karnataka Lokayukta, which investigated the matter, has issued a clean chit to CM Siddaramaiah and the other accused.

This was conveyed in a notice t...