Money Laundering Case Against Gayatri Prajapati, 5 IAS Officers

Lucknow/New Delhi: In more trouble for former Uttar Pradesh Mining Minister Gayatri Prajapati, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday said it has registered a case of money laundering against him, five IAS officers and others for illegal sand mining in Deoria and Fatehpur districts.

A senior ED official in Delhi told IANS: “The agency has registered a case of money laundering against Prajapati, then Principal Secretary Jiwesh Nandan, Special Secretary Santosh Kumar, then District Magistrates Abhay Kumar Singh and Vivek and unknown others.”

The ED said it registered a criminal case on the basis of a CBI FIR registered last month. The ED had on July 16 questioned Gayatri Prajapati in Lucknow’s King George’s Medical College for three hours. Prajapati, who is in judicial custody in an alleged gang rape case, was recently shifted to hospital after he complained of being unwell. The ED has questioned Prajapati about his role in giving three sand mining licences to Shiv Singh and Sukhraj in Fatehpur district.

The official said the agency suspects that the money generated from Shiv Singh and Sukhraj was used to buy properties in cities like Lucknow, Rae Bareli and Amethi. (IANS)

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