HD Kumaraswamy quizzed over land denotification

JD(S) leader and minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday appeared before the Lokayukta police for questioning in connection with a land denotification case. “He was questioned in the Gangenahalli denotification case,” a Lokayukta official said.

The ruling Congress in Karnataka last week asked the Lokayukta to expedite its probe against former Chief Ministers BS Yediyurappa and Kumaraswamy, also a former CM in connection with the alleged denotification of land here.

Ministers Krishna Byre Gowda, Dinesh Gundu Rao and Santhosh Lad held a joint press conference on September 19 and released documents regarding the denotification of 1.11 acres of land at Gangenahalli in Kasaba hobli of Bengaluru North.

Claiming that he had nothing to do with the case, Kumaraswamy said he had never done anything that was illegal while in power and during his tenure as CM. “In connection with the Gangenahalli case, four ministers had held a press conference against me. I had said that day too, I have nothing to do with it (case),” he said.