The CBI has despatched summons to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in reference to an illegal mining case. Summons have been despatched underneath 160 CRPC. The case pertains to illegal mining when Akhilesh Yadav was the Chief Minister between 2012 and 2016.
The CBI has referred to as Akhilesh Yadav as a witness on February 29 and has despatched summons in this case.
It was alleged that public servants in felony conspiracy with different accused allowed illegal mining of Minor Minerals in District Hamirpur (UP) through the interval 2012-2016. It was additional alleged that that they had illegally granted contemporary leases for mining of sand, renewed present leases and permitted obstructed interval to the present leaseholders and thereby brought on wrongful loss to the Government exchequer and undue achieve to themselves.
It was additionally alleged that different individuals have been allowed to excavate minor minerals illegally, to commit theft of the minor minerals and to extort cash from the leaseholders in addition to from the drivers of the autos transporting minor minerals. Earlier, searches have been additionally performed on 05.01.2019 at 12 locations in the Districts of Hamirpur, Jalon, Noida, Kanpur and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and in Delhi. During the searches incriminating materials pertaining to illegal sand mining; enormous money and Gold have been recovered.
