B S Yeddyurappa

BENGALURU: The anti-corruption bureau ( ACB ), which has registered two FIRs against Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa on denotification of 257 acres of land in Yelahanka for a residential colony called Shivaram Karanth layout, is said to be in the process of reconstructing the paper trail linking the former CM minister to the case.

The Shivaram Karanth layout project was dropped in 2015 after the Bengaluru Development Authority was left with little land to develop. What followed an intitial notification was a slew of denotifications – exempting parcels of land from acquisition for the project. This, the ACB has found, was done on the basis of fake endorsements issued by BDA.

The lands are believed to have been denotified by Yeddyurappa and others between 2008 and 2012 to favour real estate mafia and for personal gains. Using a 2013 investigation report of former additional chief secretary VUmesh, the ACB has revealed that most endorsements of denotification issued by the BDA were found to be “fake”and subsequently withdrawn.

