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SC orders SIT probe against 2 former Karnataka CMs over illegal mining

H D Kumaraswamy and N Dharam Singh face probe; former CM S M Krishna gets relief

A view of Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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A view of Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Agencies New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Karnataka Police to probe two former Chief Ministers - H D Kumaraswamy and N Dharam Singh - in connection with large scale illegal iron ore mining in the state between 1999 and 2004.

A bench of Justice P C Ghose and Justice R F Nariman directed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Karnataka Police to probe the role of Kumaraswamy and Singh in de-reservation of 11,797 square km of forest in Bellary district that led to the large-scale illegal iron ore mining.

However, another former chief minister S M Krishna, who has recently