Former CMs Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy get court summons

Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and H D Kumaraswamy were today issued summons  by a court to appear before it in connection with the alleged land and mining scams.
Yeddyurapa, who was forced to resign from the CM post last week following his indictment in a Lokayukta report on illegal mining. The Lokayukta special court ordered him and 14 others to appear before it on August 27. The court order was issued followed by a private complaint filed by advocate Sirajin Basha who had alleged that Yeddyurappahad indulged in irregularities in denotification of lands acquired by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).
The special court also directed the Lokayuka Superintendent of Police to probe the charge that an educational trust run by his family in Shimoga had received Rs.10 crore as donation from a mining firm.
The same court also issued summons to JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy, his wife Anita and a mining firm on a private complaint accusing him of recommending renewal of a mining lease within two hours to Jentakal Mining company and also alloting land to a private housing cooperative society for personal gains.
News Reported by   AR

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