The Special Investigation Team of Lokayukta today arrested BJP MLA Anand Singh on charges of illegally supplying iron ore from his company to another company.
"Anand Singh, Vijayanagar MLA in Ballari district, has been arrested today at 2.30 pm for supplying 17,086.27 metric tons of iron ore from his mining company to Mis Muneer Enterprises Exporters, without permission and legal sanction or for that matter any valid license," Lokayukta (Public Relations) Syed Riaz told PTI here.
Singh is the owner of Mis SB Minerals, the official said.
The case was registered on October 20 last year by the investigation team headed by IGP Lokayukta (SIT) Charan Reddy, he said.
Singh, who is one of the close associates of mining baron Janardhana Reddy, was earlier arrested in 2013 in connection with alleged illegal export of iron ore from Belikeri Port in Karnataka.
Singh was arrested following a report from former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde on illegal export from Belekeri port in Uttara Kannada district,
Hegde in his report, had said 7.74 million tonnes of iron ore were illegally exported between 2006-2007 and 2010-11, causing huge loss to the exchequer.
He was recently released on bail in that case.
