Sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided 22 places in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, including three residences of former UP minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati in Amethi, on Wednesday in connection with a mining scam during the Samajwadi Party regime.
The case pertains to violation of norms in awarding mining leases in various UP districts between 2012 and 2016.
Along with Prajapati, who is lodged in Lucknow jail in connection with a rape case, the CBI also raided the residences and other establishments of MLC Ramesh Chandra Mishra in Hamirpur.
A report from Amethi said that CBI sleuths from Lucknow reached the Awas Vikas residence of Prajapati on Wednesday morning and also recorded the statement of people inside the house.
Prajapati has been under the scanner as he held the Mining portfolio in the SP government when the scam was unearthed. The central agency is also examining the role of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the case.
