Lokayukta summons Yediyurappa over land grabbing allegations
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has been summoned by the Lokayukta in connection with a denotification scam. Minister Krishna Byre Gowda accused Union Minister and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, along with Yediyurappa, of illegally acquiring government land in Bengaluru’s Gangenahalli area. Byre Gowda presented documents during a joint press conference with Revenue Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, outlining the allegations.
The controversy surrounds the denotification of 1 acre and 11 guntas of land, originally acquired by the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) in 1976. By 1978, the acquisition process was completed. In 2007, a benami applicant, Rajasekharaiah, allegedly with Kumaraswamy's support, sought to have this land denotified. Despite officials clarifying that the land had already been acquired, Kumaraswamy reportedly continued pushing for legal action on the request.
Byre Gowda also claimed that after Yediyurappa became Chief Minister, he ignored departmental objections and approved the denotification. The land, valued at hundreds of crores and meant for housing projects, was allegedly transferred to Kumaraswamy’s housemaid through fraudulent means.
In response to these revelations, the Lokayukta has intensified its investigation into the matter.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
