FACT: Karnataka lokayukta Santosh Hegde has indicted chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the illegal mining scam in the state, reports said today. Hegde has also named former CM Kumaraswamy and Congress MP Anil Lad in the report. His report -10,000 pages that filled two steel trunks - says that between 2006 and 2010 the state lost Rs.16,085 crores because of illegal mining. It indicts Mr. Yeddyurappa and his family for illicit relations with mining companies. Other senior politicians are also found guilty of sanctioning or participating in illegal mining. They include former Chief Minister and Opposition leader HD Kumaraswamy; the Reddy brothers - Janardhana and Karunakara - who are mining barons and cabinet ministers; and Congress MP Anil Lad.
"I have no hope that the report will be implemented by the government. But I hope the Supreme Court takes cognisance as they are already monitoring illegal mining," Hegde told reporters in Bangalore.
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