Bangalore: In more embarrassment for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka, the Lokayukta police registered an FIR against Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani on Saturday in connection with alleged irregularities in denotification of lands acquired for industrial purposes.
Eight others, including Nirani's brother H R Nirani, have also been named as accused in the FIR registered following a direction from the Lokayukta court.
The FIR has been registered on a complaint by industrialist Alam Pasha of the Pasha Space International, who accused Nirani of denotifying 20 acres near Devanahalli and 100 acres near Dabaspet near Tumkur, Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Shivakumar said.
Pasha in his complaint before the Lokayukta special court alleged that Nirani denotified lands acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) violating rules, which the minister has rejected....
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