Akhilesh Yadav to Appear as Witness in UP Illegal Mining Case, CBI Sends Him Notice

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday summoned Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav in an illegal mining case.

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Yadav has been called to appear before the agency in national capital tomorrow, February 29. Akhilesh has been asked to appear as a witness.

Yadav has been served the notice under section 160 of the CrPC (giving officers power to require attendance of witnesses). The Samajwadi Party chief has been summoned in connection with the CBI FIR lodged in January 2019,

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which is related to alleged illegal mining in Hamirpur between 2012-2016.

In January 2019, an FIR was registered against several public servants, including the then district magistrate, mining officer and others. It is alleged in the FIR that government employees allowed illegal mining of minerals in Hamirpur.

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The central agency had been probing as many as 14 mining tenders that were cleared by then CM Akhilesh Yadav between 2012 and 2013.