Lokayukta probe on S.M.Krishna, Gouda, Yadyurappa

Three former Chief Ministers, will face an inquiry ordered by the Special Lokayukta Court here on Thursday into the alleged Bangalore Mysore expressway scam, which is already being heard by various courts, including the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court. Taking cognisance of a complaint filed by activist T.J. Abraham that alleged large scale fraud in the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project, judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao ordered the Lokayukta police to register an FIR against 30 persons, including the former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, the External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, another former Chief Minister and BJP leader, B.S. Yeddyurappa. Deve Gowda is listed as the prime accused in the case, notwithstanding the fact that he had been spearheading a campaign alleging irregularities in the BMIC project promoted by Nandi Infras tructure Corridor Enterprises Ltd.