Bengaluru, Sept. 17 -- In a major development in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former MUDA commissioner GT Dinesh Kumar on charges of money laundering and illegal site allotment.
Officials today said Kumar was taken into custody after he appeared at the ED's zonal office in Shanthinagar, Bengaluru, in response to a summons. The agency alleged that it had gathered incriminating evidence of financial irregularities, including the creation of fake documents to re-allot residential sites illegally.
Kumar is allegedly accused of amassing properties and wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income through the alleged site scam. Several of his assets have already been ...