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The Central Empowerment Committee constituted by the Supreme Court has indicted former chief minister of Karnataka B S Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining case. In a report before the Supreme Court of India, CEC has said that the matter requires a further probe. The probe could either be conducted by the CBI or the CEC, which would be decided by the Supreme Court on April 11.
The committee stated that the matter pertaining to the Rs 6 crore kickbacks he and his sons got to favour a mining firm needs further probing.
The report states that prima facie it shows that Yeddyurappa in his capacity as the chief minister along with his sons had shown favour in awarding mining lease to a company. It has alleged that they had received Rs 6 crore for the same.
The CeC had been constituted by the Supreme Court to look into illegal mining in Karnataka. The court was then petitioned stating that the CBI ought to probe Yeddyurappa's role in the matter. On the last date of hearing the Supreme Court directed the CEC to find out and report back on whether the Yeddyurappa case mandated a CBI probe.
This would mean that the pitch raised by Yeddyurappa recently to be reinstated as CM would be lowered. He had sought to become the CM once again after the high court had cleared him in the illegal mining case. The former CM had questioned the report of the Karnataka Lokayukta who had held him guilty of taking favours to facilitate mining leases during his tenure as chief minister.