Bengaluru
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has ordered a probe by the Felony Investigation Division (CID) into the alleged irregularities in organising the Parashurama theme park by the earlier Bharatiya Janata Celebration authorities in Karkala in Udupi district.
The order comes after native Congress leaders raised allegations of corruption within the development of the theme park. In line with individuals within the know of the event, the probe order comes after protests organised by the Congress leaders of Karkala block unit and the Udupi district unit, demanding an inquiry.
The theme park, located in Erlapadi village panchayat in Karkala, has confronted allegations of malpractice throughout its development. Accusations embrace encroachment on Gomala land and poor high quality of fabric.
Inaugurated unexpectedly by former chief minister Basavaraj Bommai in January 2023, the park’s statue exhibited structural points, resulting in its partial dismantlement resulting from a weak basis. Allegations of corruption and claims concerning the statue’s materials composition additional fuelled controversy, prompting protests and social media outcry.
The native unit of the Congress has been alleging corruption within the mission , claiming that the statue was not absolutely product of bronze. The work needed to be stopped following protests by some individuals. This led to social media posts stating that the statue has turn out to be headless. Presently, solely a partial statue of Parashurama stays inside the theme park.
District in-charge minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar had visited the park final month and mentioned that it’s required to finish a mission like a theme park. “The work was hastened when the elections have been not far away to mislead individuals. She would do all the pieces to set proper the difficulty as per the regulation,” she mentioned.
In a while February 2, Hebbalkar had written to the chief minister, asking him to make sure an investigation into the development work of the theme park. Performing upon this request, the chief minister has now issued orders for the investigation.
Yogish Acharya Inna, the president of Karkala Block Youth Congress, had introduced his resolution to abstain from all Congress occasion actions till the inquiry begins into corruption allegations over the Parashuram Theme Park.
Inna took to his social media accounts to make this announcement, emphasising that many occasion staff share the identical sentiment. “We’ve chosen to disengage from occasion actions till the investigation into the corruption associated to the Parashuram Theme Park commences. A number of occasion staff in Karkala have joined me in making this resolution,” he mentioned.
BJP leaders within the Karkala refused to touch upon the difficulty saying that the occasion will challenge an official assertion. V Sunil Kumar, the BJP MLA from Karkala, didn’t reply to the calls. A functionary of the occasion on the situation of anonymity mentioned: “Do we now have to spell out that that is political vendetta? They’ve been launching these pretend probes towards BJP and RSS staff. They’re making an attempt arduous however to date they haven’t been in a position to e book something.”
The event comes days after the state authorities has shaped a committee to research alleged irregularities within the Karnataka State Electronics Growth Company Restricted (KEONICS). The panel might be led by retired IAS officer S D Meena, said the order. This resolution follows observations made by the principal accountant basic in the course of the compliance audit of KEONICS between 2018-19 and 2022-23.
The federal government has already ordered an investigation into the alleged bitcoin rip-off, police sub-inspector (PSI) recruitment rip-off and the accusation by the contractors’ affiliation concerning the BJP authorities demanding 40% fee for clearing improvement tasks.