The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed an FIR against former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa for accepting kickbacks for allowing mining in the state.
A special nine-member team has been constituted for the probe, NDTV reported.
Last week, the Supreme Court ordered a CBI probe against the BJP leader for “serious illegalities” in mining activities in which he allegedly “misused his public office” for monetary benefits by extending favours to certain companies.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa.
The allegation is that Praveen Chandra, a mine operator, had given Rs 2.5 crore to a firm run by Yeddyurappa‘s son-in-law RN Sohan Kumar and Rs 3.5 crore to another firm owned by Vijayendra and his brother BY Raghavendra as a favour for facilitating license.
Raghavendra is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Karnataka.
Vijayendra said the CEC report states that “the mining operations of Praveen Chandra are completely legal, however in the interest of the public, the above cheque transactions needs to be investigated”.
The allegation has been made by an NGO, Samaaja Parivarthana Samudaya. The NGO has sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
—-Agencies