Court admits plaint against Deve Gowda's eldest son

B D Narayankar

Press Trust of India

Bangalore, Sep 24: The Lokayukta special court today admitted a private complaint against H D Balakrishnagowda, the eldest son of former Prime Minister H D Devegowda, and referred allegations against him to Lokayukta police for investigations.

Judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed Lokayukta police to investigate the complaint and file a report by October 10.

S N Balakrishna, retired assistant manager of Visveswarayya Iron and Steel in his September 22 complaint, had charged Balakrishnagowda with possessing Rs 70 crore wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income at the time of his retirement from government service, which is currently valued at Rs 500 crore.

He prayed that action be taken against Gowda under the provisions of prevention of corruption act.

Meanwhile, the court today adjourned to September 26 the bail applications of Kumaraswamy and his wife in connection with a private complaint over alleged irregularities in making bulk land allotment to a private housing society and recommending mining renewal licence, allegedly bending rules.

The court adjourned their bail plea to that date after hearing the applications of Kumaraswamy and his wife, who appeared before the court today.

Meanwhile, Balakrishnagowda welcomed the Lokayukta court''s decision to refer the private complaint to Lokayukta police.

In a statement here, he said it would give him and his family a chance to clear their names once for all.

He said he joined government service as Assistant Commissioner in 1984 and took VRS in 2005. During his service he has not indulged in any illegal acts, he said.

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