Mysore/Mysuru, March 27 -- * Former MUDA Commissioner leases prime building in Vijayanagar for paltry sum

* Cites 'free internet to public' claim to justify token rent mobile tower deal

The controversy surrounding former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Commissioner G.T. Dinesh Kumar has deepened with a fresh revelation.

It has now emerged that he permitted a private firm to install a mobile tower atop MUDA's Vijayanagar First Stage commercial complex for a monthly rent of just Rs. 265.

The beleaguered officer has already spent time in jail and faces mounting legal troubles over the alleged irregularities in the allotment of prime MUDA sites worth thousands of crores under the controversial 50:50 ratio.

The latest disclosure...