Akhilesh Yadav Summoned by CBI in Alleged Illegal Mining Case of 2019

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, in a 2019 probe into the alleged illegal mining of minor minerals in Hamirpur district.

The Central agency has asked Yadav to appear before it on Feb 29 as a “witness”.

In January 2019, the CBI registered a case against 11 persons including UP cadre IAS officer B Chandrakala, then SP leader Ramesh Kumar Mishra and BSP’s Sanjay Dixit to investigate alleged illegal mining of minor minerals in Hamirpur district.

It was alleged that the state government officials conspired with private persons in the alleged illegal mining of minor minerals between 2012 and 2016, without following the e-tendering procedure as mandated by the UP government in its order dated May 31, 2012.

According to the CBI, this illegal mining continued despite a ban on mining by the National Green Tribunal (NGT).