Overview

• The Enforcement Directorate issued a provisional order on October 4 to attach 34 immovable properties, including MUDA sites, valued at Rs 40.08 crore under the PMLA.
• The investigation stems from a Mysuru Lokayukta FIR alleging large-scale irregularities in MUDA site allotments.
• ED findings allege routing and layering of undue gratification linked to former MUDA commissioner G. T. Dinesh Kumar, with proceeds used to buy properties in the names of relatives and associates.
• Searches conducted in October 2024 cited violations of specific government orders and urban development rules and pointed to a nexus between MUDA officials and real-estate businessmen, including evidence of cash payments for allotments and approvals.
• Dinesh Kumar was arrested in September under the PMLA and remains in judicial custody, while earlier court and inquiry outcomes quashed ED proceedings against B. M. Parvathi and cleared the chief minister's family in parts of the matter.