The Enforcement Directorate has attached over 140 properties worth approximately Rs 300 crore in a money laundering case involving Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. It is alleged that Siddaramaiah used his influence to secure 14 sites for his wife as compensation for land acquired by MUDA, significantly inflating its value.
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