ED Questions Former Muda Commissioner In Money Laundering Case

The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday questioned D B Natesh, a former Commissioner of the Muda, in connection with a money laundering case in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority in which it has booked Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his family and others, official sources said.

The federal agency had raided the premises of Natesh and another former Muda Commissioner G T Dinesh Kumar on Monday as it covered 7-8 premises in Bengaluru and Mysuru while conducting fresh searches in the case.

Sources said the ED is recording the statement of Natesh at its office here while it has asked Kumar to join the investigation. He was not found at his premises during the Monday raids, the sources said.

An alleged close aide of the CM, Rakesh Papanna, and a builder named Manjunath was also searched by the ED.