A Special Court of Sessions set up exclusively to deal with criminal cases related MPs/ MLAs in Karnataka has directed the Lokayukta police to conduct further investigation against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in an alleged corruption case related to his tenure as Chief Minister during 2013-18.
The court has given six months to complete the probe and submit the final report.
The court passed the order by rejecting the closure report filed by the Lokayukta police on June 6, 2023 after conducting only a preliminary inquiry into the complaint of bribery lodged in 2022 by BJP’s N.R. Ramesh, who is a former city councillor.