Arkavathy scam: Politicians and bureaucrats under scanner

Bengaluru: Politicians and bureaucrats are likely to be summoned for deposing before the Kempanna Commission of Inquiry which is probing the Arkavathy denotification scam.

“At this juncture, we have not decided who are the politicians who will be issued notices to appear before the commission. But, senior bureaucrats from Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and the Urban Development department have to depose when they get the summons", sources told Deccan Chronicle.

The inquiry commission headed by retired judge, Justice Kempanna has been constituted by the state government following rampant denotification of land earmarked for Arkavathy layout by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. More than 75 affidavits had been submitted to the commission claiming that the Siddaramaiah government had denotified the layout land.

The BDA, after delay, had submitted documents running into over 1.25 lakh pages pertaining to the Arkavathy layout controversy along with judgement by various courts. Sources said the commission had reached the inquiry stage and is examining the affidavits submitted. The inquiry will be resuming from Thursday. The netas connected with the scam would also summoned in later stages of inquiry for deposition.

The sources refused to set a deadline to submit its findings to the government due to various problems. This may cause delay in submitting final report to the government. The tenure of the commission ends on February 29, 2016 and their endeavour was to finish the given assignment before that period. But it may not be possible to give our findings within that time frame, sources admitted.