Lucknow, April 25: An FIR for fraud and irregularities was on Wednesday lodged against former Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd Azam Khan and four others in a recruitment matter pertaining to the Jal Nigam, an official said.
During the previous Samajwadi Party government under Akhilesh Yadav, more than 1,300 recruitments were done in the Jal Nigam and there were scores of allegation of irregularities and favouritism against the minister, the official said.
The Yogi Adityanath government had set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the matter. Khan was the chairman of the Jal Nigam at the time these recruitments were made.
The SIT had raided the Jal Nigam office in September last year and seized many documents and files related to the mass recruitment.
Both Azam Khan and retired IAS official S.P. Singh, who was Secretary, Urban Development, at the time of the alleged scam have already recorded their statements with the SIT. The SIT has also recorded statement of an aide to the minister.
The FIR also names S.P. Singh, Managing Director P.K. Ashudani, and Chief Engineer Anil Kumar Khare.
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Delhi CM Atishi breaks down over BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri's remarks targeting her
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday broke down while addressing a press conference here over BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri's remarks against her.
BJP's Kalkaji candidate Bidhuri on Sunday courted controversy for his remarks on Atishi's surname. Responding to Bidhuri's charge, Atishi said, "How can our politics downgrade so much? He should show what work he has done for Kalkaji when he was MP for 10 years."
He should ask for votes based on his work, not by abusing my father, she added. Speaking at BJP's 'Parivartan Rally' in Rohini that was later addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bidhuri said Atishi changed her surname from "Marlena" to "Singh".
Atishi, who is the sitting MLA from the Kalkaji Assembly seat, dropped her surname a while back. "This Marlena (surname used earlier by Atishi) became Singh and changed her name. Kejriwal swore over his children not to go with the corrupt Congress; Marlena changed fathers. Earlier she was Marlena; now she has become Singh. This is their character," Bidhuri charged.
दिल्ली की महिला मुख्यमंत्री @AtishiAAP जी के ये आंसू BJP वालों को भारी पड़ेंगे🔥
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