<p> The Lokayukta Court today ordered a probe by the Lokayukta Superintendent of Police into the private complaint against a BJP MLA for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed the SP Lokayukta to submit his report by March 12.<br />B Eranna, a Pre-University lecturer in Siruguppa, who filed the complaint, submitted that Somalingappa was first elected to the Karnataka Assembly in 2004 and re-elected in 2008 from Siruguppa segment in Bellary district.<br /><br />Somalingappa while filing his nomination papers and declarations made before the Karnataka Lokayukta, right from 2004-05 upto March 31,2011, had declared income of rs 13,40,000 against the assets acquired by him and his family to the tune of Rs 76,99,333.<br />This excluded the cost and value of certain assets like a property in Siruguppa, declared value of which is Rs 9 lakh against the actual value of Rs 45 lakh, he had said.<br /><br />The disproportionate income of Rs 63,59,333 was not accounted for, he submitted.<br />Somalingappa is the second BJP MLA to face allegations of disproportionate assets after S R Vishwanath.<br /><br />Congress MLA Krishnappa is also facing a similar complaint.</p>
<p> The Lokayukta Court today ordered a probe by the Lokayukta Superintendent of Police into the private complaint against a BJP MLA for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Judge N K Sudhindra Rao directed the SP Lokayukta to submit his report by March 12.<br />B Eranna, a Pre-University lecturer in Siruguppa, who filed the complaint, submitted that Somalingappa was first elected to the Karnataka Assembly in 2004 and re-elected in 2008 from Siruguppa segment in Bellary district.<br /><br />Somalingappa while filing his nomination papers and declarations made before the Karnataka Lokayukta, right from 2004-05 upto March 31,2011, had declared income of rs 13,40,000 against the assets acquired by him and his family to the tune of Rs 76,99,333.<br />This excluded the cost and value of certain assets like a property in Siruguppa, declared value of which is Rs 9 lakh against the actual value of Rs 45 lakh, he had said.<br /><br />The disproportionate income of Rs 63,59,333 was not accounted for, he submitted.<br />Somalingappa is the second BJP MLA to face allegations of disproportionate assets after S R Vishwanath.<br /><br />Congress MLA Krishnappa is also facing a similar complaint.</p>