Documentary evidence on tainted former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and his kin receiving kickbacks from mining firms for granting leases was revealed by an NGO on Tuesday.
Documentary evidence on tainted former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa and his kin receiving kickbacks from mining firms for granting leases was revealed by an NGO on Tuesday.
According to a Dharwad-based NGO Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS), which submitted 113-page document to the Supreme Court-appointed central empowered committee (CEC), the two
real estate firms owned by Yeddyurappa’s family members received `6 crore in return for granting a 330-acre mining lease to R Praveen Chandra of Chitradurga in October, 2010.
“We have submitted evidence of the quid pro quo between favours granted by Yeddyurappa as chief minister and the money (`6 crore) Chandra gave to the real estate firms. A CBI probe will reveal the corrupt nexus between the two parties in the multi-crore mining scam,” Samudaya’s president SR Hiremath said.
As also in-charge of the state mining department during his 39-month tenure as chief minister, Yeddyurappa granted the mining lease to Chandra in a letter to the central mining secretary on September 30, 2009, and through a notification to the mining firm on October 12, 2010, allotting 330 acres in Chitradurga district.
Evidence of payment to the real estate firms, Bhagat Homes Ltd and Dhavalagiri Property Developers Ltd, owned by Yeddyurappa’s two sons, BY Vijayendra and BY Raghavendra and son-in-law Sohan Kumar, was also found in the balance sheets of the respective firms in the form of Rs2.5 crore and Rs3.5 crore.
‘Donation’
The NGO also submitted proof of funds received by Prerana Educational and Social Trust, owned by Yeddyurappa’s kin, from various sources, including group companies of JSW Steel
Ltd, which runs the Vijayanagar steel plant in Bellary district.
The set of documents reveal that the trust received Rs27.18 crore as donations from various firms.
The CEC is slated to submit its report to the apex court on Friday based on its hearing with the NGO and documents furnished by it.
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