Bengaluru: A special Lokayukta court on Saturday dismissed a private complaint seeking a probe against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the luxury watch controversy.

The expensive imported watch gifted to Siddaramaiah made for controversy after opposition leader H.D. Kumaraswamy alleged that it was a stolen watch in February, 2016. Various theories emerged as to who gifted the watch to the CM and whether it was gifted in return for a favour.

Siddaramaiah had claimed that his Gulf-based friend Dr. Girish Chandra Verma had gifted it the watch him and had submitted it to the government treasury.

Social activist T.J. Abraham had filed a private complaint with a special Lokayukta court alleging that the watch was gifted to the CM by a BDA engineer L. Raghu. This allegation was dismissed by the court on Saturday.