The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached 142 properties worth Rs 300 crore in a money laundering case involving Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. The properties are registered in the names of real estate agents. Siddaramaiah allegedly used political influence to secure compensation in the form of valuable sites for his wife.
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