Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office has arrested Vasantkumar Durgappa Sajjan, a retired Special Land Acquisition Officer of the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB), and land broker Maibub Allabuksh Dundasi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. This action is part of an ongoing investigation into a fraudulent double payment scheme involving KIADB, where compensation amounting to Rs. 72 Crore was improperly disbursed.

ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIR registered by Vidyagiri Police Station, Dharwad under various sections of IPC, 1860 against V D Sajjan (Former Special Land Acquisition Officer of KIADB Dharwad Zonal Office) and others. Further, the above FIR was transferred to CID, Dharwad and charge sheet in respect of the FIR has also been filed by the CID, Dharwad.