Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah

The newly-formed Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Karnataka received its first complaint on Saturday — against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Nataraj Sharma, a lawyer, has filed his complaint against the CM at the state police headquarters and Bengaluru City Police Commissioner’s office, as he said he was not able to find the ACB office. The petition was addressed to Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). In his complaint, Sharma has requested the ACB to probe the source of the CM’s diamond studded wrist watch, which was recently handed over to the state government as a state asset after it triggered a row.

Former CM and JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy had attacked Siddaramaiah of first “posing as a socialist leader” but later wearing a costly watch “worth around Rs 70 lakh”. Siddaramaiah had clarified that the Hublot watch was gifted to him by his doctor friend Girish Chandra Varma, who is settled abroad. He later handed over to wrist watch to the state.

Kumaraswamy had also alleged that three costly watches and other valuables had been stolen from the house of a doctor who had returned from Kuwait and had indicated that the CM’s watch resembled one of the stolen watches. Dr Sudhakar Shetty’s house in Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park area had been burgled and expensive items stolen.

Later, Dr Shetty had appeared before media and clarified that the watch worn by the CM isn’t his.

Bengaluru police said they will forward the complaint to the ACB.

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