{"id":11918,"date":"2024-02-28T11:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=11918"},"modified":"2024-02-28T11:19:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T11:19:35","slug":"cbi-summons-akhilesh-yadav-on-friday-in-illegal-mining-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/cbi-summons-akhilesh-yadav-on-friday-in-illegal-mining-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"CBI Summons Akhilesh Yadav On Friday In Illegal Mining Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Feb 28: The <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/cbi-raids-at-15-places-in-delhi-kishtwar-in-kiru-project-case-rs-55-lac-cash-seized\/\">CBI<\/a> has summoned Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/congress-seals-alliance-with-samajwadi-party-gets-11-ls-seats\/\">Akhilesh Yadav<\/a> as a witness for questioning on Friday in illegal mining cases, five years after registering the case.<br \/>\nIn a notice issued under section 160 of CrPC, the agency asked him to appear before it on February 29 in connection with the case registered in 2019, officials said.<br \/>\nThe section allows a police officer to summon witnesses in a probe.<br \/>\nThe case pertains to the issuance of mining leases in alleged violation of e-tendering process. The Allahabad High Court had ordered the probe.<br \/>\nIt is alleged that public servants allowed illegal mining during 2012-16, when Yadav was chief minister, and illegally renewed licences despite a ban by the National Green Tribunal on mining.<br \/>\nIt is alleged that the officers allowed theft of minerals, extorted money from lease-holders and drivers.<br \/>\nThe CBI had filed seven preliminary enquiries in 2016 on the directions of the Allahabad High Court to probe the case of illegal mining of minor minerals.<br \/>\nThe agency had alleged that the then chief minister Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s office had cleared 13 projects in a single day, officials said.<br \/>\nThey had said Yadav, who also held the mining portfolio for sometime, had cleared 14 leases, of which 13 were cleared on February 17, 2013, in violation of e-tendering process.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/cbi-raids-at-15-places-in-delhi-kishtwar-in-kiru-project-case-rs-55-lac-cash-seized\/\">Central Bureau of Investigation<\/a> (CBI) claimed that on February 17, 2013, the leases were granted by the District Magistrate of Hamirpur, B Chandrakala, after getting approval from the Chief Minister\u2019s office in violation of its 2012 e-tender policy, which was ratified by the Allahabad High Court on January 29 that year.<br \/>\nThe CBI had carried out searches at 14 locations in January 2019 in connection with its FIR against 11 people, including IAS officer B Chandrakala, Samajwadi Party MLC Ramesh Kumar Mishra and Sanjay Dixit (who unsuccessfully contested the 2017 assembly election on a BSP ticket) to probe the alleged illegal mining of minor minerals in Hamirpur district during 2012-16.<br \/>\nYadav, who was the chief minister of the state between 2012 and 2017, held the mining portfolio during 2012-13 apparently bringing his role under scanner, according to the FIR.<br \/>\nHe was succeeded by Gayatri Prajapati, who took charge as mining minister in 2013 and was arrested in 2017 following a complaint of rape by a woman residing in Chitrakoot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11919\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11919\" src=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-28-at-4.47.45-PM-300x171.png\" alt=\"CBI Summons Akhilesh Yadav On Friday In Illegal Mining Cases\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBI Summons Akhilesh Yadav On Friday In Illegal Mining Cases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, Feb 28: The CBI has summoned Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as a witness for questioning on Friday in illegal mining cases, five years after registering the case. 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