Overview

• ED detained Dinesh Kumar after questioning and searched two Bengaluru residences before effecting the arrest under the PMLA.
• A special judge granted one day of ED custody during a late-night production, with directions to present him in court again on Wednesday evening.
• Investigators allege large-scale illegal allotment of MUDA sites in exchange for gratification and say evidence indicates active money laundering.
• The agency previously attached 92 MUDA-linked properties valued at about Rs 100 crore as suspected proceeds of crime.
• The probe stems from a Lokayukta police FIR that included Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, even as a separate Desai commission report accepted by the state cabinet found allegations against the CM and his family baseless.