New Delhi, May 21: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday gave a clean chit to Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav in a disproportionate assets case registered against them. The CBI filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and said: "it did not find any evidence to register a Regular Case (RC) against the father and son".
The agency, in its affidavit, said the inquiry against Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav was closed in 2013 as no evidence was found against them. The affidavit also mentioned that the apex court had never asked the CBI to register a Regular Case (RC) against Yadavs. The affidavit was filed in response to the top court's earlier order seeking the status of probe. Uttar Pradesh Exit Poll Results For Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
Congress leader Vishwanath Chaturvedi had in March filed a plea seeking a direction to the CBI to place the investigation report in the disproportionate assets case against Mulayam and Akhilesh. The top had then issued a notice to the CBI seeking the status of probe. Akhilesh Yadav Meets Mayawati, Says 'Getting ready for next step' Post-Exit Poll Results.
Chaturvedi, in 2005, had filed the PIL in the top court seeking a direction to the CBI to take appropriate action to prosecute Yadav, Akhilesh and his wife Dimple, and Prateek under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly acquiring assets more than the known source of their income by misusing their power of authority.
The apex court in its verdict of March 1, 2007, had directed the CBI “to enquire into allegations” and find out as to as to whether the plea with regard to disproportionate assets of SP leaders was “correct or not”.
In 2012, the court had dismissed the review petitions of Yadav and his sons against its verdict and directed the CBI to go ahead with the probe against them in the disproportionate assets case.
Chaturvedi, in his fresh plea, said, "Despite the yawning gap between the complaint made/court’s directions and the pendency of filing of a regular Case in this matter, an unusually long period as already escaped without any action being taken on the matter for 11 long years".
Till date, no FIR has been registered against the Yadavs and it has not only caused "some irremediable and irrecoverable damaged to the whole case, but also raised serious questions of credibility and integrity of our investigating agencies", the plea said. (With PTI inputs)
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