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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Kushwaha now faces CBI probe for role in scam

Kushwaha now faces CBI probe for role in scam

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published Published on Jan 31, 2012   modified Modified on Jan 31, 2012
-The Times of India
 
UP Lokayukta Justice N K Mehrotra has recommended registration of a case and a CBI and Enforcement Directorate probe against former state minister Babu Singh Kushwaha under the Prevention of Corruption and Money Laundering Act. 

The Lokayukta has found him prima facie guilty of large-scale anomalies in allotment of mines and other financial irregularities and forwarded a report to chief minister Mayawati for necessary action. 

"There were three specific complaints against Kushwaha. The former minister for family welfare and mining did not send any reply in two of them while in the third matter, reply submitted was on an unsigned paper, so we can't take its cognizance," Justice Mehrotra said. 

Sources said Kushwaha allegedly committed large-scale irregularities in the allotment of mining licenses and doled them out to his favorites. Moreover, while the mandatory permission from the Union ministry of environment for mining lease of land above five hectare was not taken for granting this favour, Kushwaha made the beneficiaries partners in fictitious firms. Besides, the advertisement inviting bids for the mines were given to little known papers like 'Agnipath' and 'Radical Times' - published from Mahoba and Banda. 

Justice Mehrotra said the former minister had parked money in five firms in Kanpur, Lucknow, Jhansi and Banda. "This apart, the records and evidence also clearly establish that both Kushwaha and his wife had dual identities. Kushwaha is named Ram Charan in the voters list and his wife has two names - Shivkanya and Sukanya," he said. 

Kushawaha was dropped from the cabinet after two CMOs were killed in Lucknow in October 2010 and April 2011. The two murders were said to be linked to the NRHM scam. Kushwaha was sacked from the BSP after he accused principal secretary, home, Kunwar Fateh Bahadur, cabinet sectary Shashank Shekhar Singh and senior minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui for conspiring to kill him. The CBI, which is now probing the CMOs murders and NRHM scam, has formally named him in one of the FIRs related to the scam. 

After being dumped by Mayawati, he joined BJP earlier this month. But, after the saffron party drew all-round flak for adopting a tainted politician, it suspended his induction. But, unofficially he continues campaigning for the BJP in the areas dominated by OBC voters. 

In another development, the Lokayukta has issued a notice to UP power minister Ramveer Upadhyay for possessing "benami'' property in the name of his family.


The Times of India, 31 January, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Kushwaha-now-faces-CBI-probe-for-role-in-scam/articleshow/11692484.cms


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