The complaint pertains to alleged acquisition of 22 guntas (a gunta is 1/40th of an acre) of government land in Nagadevanahalli by Somanna in his wife's name in 2005 and getting it denotified in 2009 when Yeddyurappa was chief minister.
In fresh trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, another complaint was today filed against him and Housing Minister V Somanna in the Lok Ayukta court in an alleged land scam.
The complaint pertains to alleged acquisition of 22 guntas (a gunta is 1/40th of an acre) of government land in Nagadevanahalli by Somanna in his wife's name in 2005 and getting it denotified in 2009 when Yeddyurappa was chief minister, causing an estimated Rs8 crore loss to the state exchequer.
The land was originally acquired by Bangalore Development Authority for formation of Nagarbhavi Layout in 1993.
Besides Yeddyurappa and Somanna, the complaint filed by one Ravikrishna Reddy was also against Somanna's wife Shailaja.
Sommanna joined BJP after quitting Congress in 2007.
The high court had yesterday granted anticipatory bail to Yeddyurappa and his family members in two complaints on alleged irregularities in denotification of government lands.
Advocate Sirajin Bhasha had filed the complaints in the Lok Ayukta special court alleging denotification of land illegally by Yeddyurappa to favour his family members.
Yeddyurappa had earlier secured bail in two of the five private complaints regarding alleged illegal denotification of government lands.
The complainant further charged the accused with "concocting evidence and fabricating documents to get the land denotified" and submitted that they were all liable for penal action under IPC sections including 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and 463 (forgery)
"The accused have also committed the overt act of misconduct so as to attract the ingredients of offence punishable under sections 13(1)(d) r/w 34 IPC of the Prevention of Corruption Act", the complainant said.
He prayed to the court to refer the matter to Lokayukta police for investigation under section 156(3) CrPC relating to Magistrate's powers to order probe.
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