Bengaluru, July 16 -- union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday alleged that 175 acres of HMT land in Bengaluru were diverted to private hands between 1999 and 2004 with the direct involvement of the then Urban Development Minister in the Congress government, and announced that the Centre would order a comprehensive probe after receiving a report from officials.
After inspecting HMT properties at Jalahalli, Peenya Plantation, Jarakabande Kaval and other locations, Kumaraswamy said he had directed HMT and Ministry officials to prepare a detailed report on all alleged irregularities relating to the land.
He alleged that a substantial portion of the alienated land had been converted into private residential and...