CBI to grill relatives of Yadav Singh

The CBI is set to examine some relatives of the suspended chief engineer Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Authority — Yadav Singh — in connection with its ongoing probe against the public servant. The agency has registered two cases against Singh, including a disproportionate assets case. Sources said, “The agency may soon call some relatives of Singh for certain clarifications. The agency is probing the alleged role of two relatives of Singh in connection with the CBI’s investigations into two contracts awarded by the suspended chief engineer”. The agency on August 4, 2015 had registered two cases against Singh and his family members for alleged corruption and amassing assets disproportionate to known sources of his income. The first case was registered under criminal conspiracy and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act. The second case relates to allegations of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act. Sources further said the agency is also scrutinising clearances given by Singh during his tenure.

The CBI on February 3 arrested Singh when he allegedly failed to give a satisfactory reply to the agency sleuths during questioning. Sources further said the agency is also scrutinising clearances given by Singh during his tenure and alterations in the floor area ratio of the buildings. The accused allegedly entered into criminal conspiracy with unknown private persons firms and awarded various contracts without following the laid-down procedures and thereby caused undue pecuniary gain to the tune of crores of rupees to private firms and to himself, sources said. The CBI is also preparing to examine four senior officials of the authorities to probe their alleged roles in awarding four major contracts, worth several crores, in connection with the case. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court had ordered a CBI probe on the petition of an activist (wife of suspended UP police IG Amitabh Thakur), alleging Singh had enjoyed plum postings under the regimes of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati and incumbent Akhilesh Yadav, and the state government was not acting against him.