முலயாம் சிங் யாதவின் செல்ல தலைமை அதிகாரி ஏ.பி. சிங் கைது

முலயாம் சிங் யாதவின் உத்தரபிரதேச அரசில் சீப் செகரட்டரியாக இருந்த அகண்ட் ப்ரதாப் சிங் 150 கோடிக்கு மேல் சொத்து சேர்த்து வைத்திருக்கிறார். ஐ.ஏ.எஸ் ஆபீஸர்களிலேயே மிகவும் ஊழல்வாதி என்ற விருதை அடிக்கடி வாங்கியிருக்கிறார். இருந்தும் இவரை தொடர்ந்து தலைமை செகரட்டரியாக வைத்து அழகு பார்த்திருக்கிறார் முலயாம் சிங் யாதவ்.

வருமானத்துக்கு மேல் சொத்து சேர்த்த வழக்கில் சிபிஐ இவரை கைது செய்திருக்கிறது.

CBI arrest ex-UP chief secretary AP Singh

New Delhi, Sept 25: Two years after registering a disproportionate assets case against him, the CBI on Tuesday arrested former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh for allegedly amassing wealth through corrupt means.

The 1967-batch IAS official of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who retired as the state chief secretary in December 2003, was arrested by the CBI, which claimed that it had enough evidence to nail him, official sources said.

Singh was arrested from his Vasant Kunj farm house, while making a bid to escape when CBI sleuths knocked at his door, the sources said.

A senior CBI official said that Singh tried to escape from the rear of his farm-house and could not flee due to traffic jam.

The CBI had registered a case against him on March 22, 2005 and carried out searches at three places in Delhi, seven places in Lucknow, two places in Bahraich (UP) and four places in Nainital (Uttarakhand).

According to the FIR lodged by the probe agency, the accused official held various sensitive positions in the UP government and also at the centre.

He is accused of acquiring huge properties in his name and in the name of his family members and others, besides possessing a `benami` fleet of vehicles.

Singh, the CBI alleged, was leading an extravagant life-style and spent enormous amount on the education and marriage of his two daughters. He had also stashed his ill-gotten earnings in overseas banks and made several private trips abroad.

Bureau Report