BENGALURU, 13 JULY

A Bengaluru Court has granted judicial custody to former Karnataka minister B Nagendra in connection with the alleged Valmiki Corporation Scam till 18 July.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), earlier in the day, arrested Nagendra in connection with the alleged multi-crore scam case. Soon after the arrest, he was produced before the Court in Bengaluru.

The ED detained the former Karnataka minister, followed by the raids by the central agency at many places on Wednesday linked to former Karnataka Minister B Nagendra and MLA Basanagouda Daddal in connection with the alleged embezzlement of funds in Valmiki Development Corporation.

The corruption case of Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation came to light after an official of the Corporation died by suicide and left a note containing an allegation of multi-crore corruption in the corporation.

The official identified as Chandrasekaran, 45, a resident of the Kenchappa colony in Vinobanagar, allegedly died by suicide on 26 May after leaving a note containing an allegation of multi-crore corruption in the corporation. Chandrasekaran was a superintendent with the MVDC and was posted at its Bengaluru office.

On 6 June, Nagendra said that he has voluntarily decided to resign as an investigation is going on over the allegations of illegal money transfer from Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. He dismissed all the allegations against him and said that he'd come out clean after the investigation. -ANI