Karnataka Court Grants Police Custody of Former MUDA Chairman Amid Corruption Probe

A special court for cases involving elected representatives in Karnataka on Tuesday gave the Lokayukta police one day’s custody of a former chairman of the Mysore Urban Development Authority, G T Dinesh Kumar, to probe allegations of corruption in the allotment of MUDA sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s family in 2021. The Karnataka Lokayukta police, which sought court permission last week to question Dinesh Kumar in prison, where he is housed after an arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to MUDA allotments, moved the special court this week for his custodial interrogation. “Mr. G.T. Dinesh Kumar is produced before the court under body warrant. It is relevant to note that G.T. Dinesh Kumar is remanded to JC as an under trial prisoner by this court in ECIR 25/2024 and at present the I.O. who is present before the court has filed a requisition requesting the court to remand G.T. Dinesh Kumar to police custody for one day since some incriminating materials were found against him,” the special court noted.