KAS officer alleges ACB pressure in framing Yeddyurappa in land denotification case

KAS officer H Basavarajendra one of the accused in the Shivaram Karanth Layout Land denotification case along with former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is reported to have approached the chief secretary Subash Chandra Khuntia on Saturday to complain about the pressure from the ACB officials.

In the complaint letter, the KAS officer has named two ACB deputy superintendents of police Balraj and JK Anthony John as having pressurised him to give statements against Yeddyurappa. He stated that since he refused to bow into their pressure, he has been listed as no 2 accused in the case.

He also stated in his complaint that it was during his meeting with the officials on August 10 that this plan was hatched. He complained that despite he not making any statements, Balaraj dictated to the typist that the alleged denotification had been done by Yeddyurappa. When Basavarjendra objected to this, he claims, he was threatened by the two officials.

BJP Karnataka unit president B S Yeddyurappa on August 19 sought 10 more days to appear before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with an alleged illegal land de-notification case.

The BJP and Yeddyurappa have alleged that the ACB is being used by the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state to target the party in retaliation for the recent Income Tax department raids on Energy Minister D K Shivakumar. Yeddyurappa has been accused of de-notifying 257 acres of land from the preliminary notification of 3,546 acres meant for the formation of Dr K Shivaram Karanth Layout bypassing the de-notified committee approval, when he was the chief minister.

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