New Delhi, May 21
In a relief to former Uttar Pradesh CM Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh, the CBI has told the Supreme Court that the allegations of disproportionate assets against them could not be substantiated and it had closed the preliminary enquiry on August 7, 2013.
In an affidavit filed in the SC, CBI said since "no prima facie evidence" of commission of cognisable offence against Mulayam and his two sons, Akhilesh and Prateek, was found, the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) was not converted into a criminal case and as such, no enquiry was conducted in the matter after August 7, 2013.
The CBI said after conducting further inquiry in a "fair, impartial and professional manner", it had independently taken a decision to close the probe against them as per court's directions in the 2012 verdict.
In its 21-page affidavit, the CBI said: "Thereafter, in compliance of the directions of the court in the judgment dated December 13, 2012, further inquiry was conducted in the said PE and it was found that the allegations against respondent(s) for allegedly having acquired disproportionate assets to their known source of income could not be substantiated.”
He said the apex court in its 2012 verdict had passed various directions in the matter and allowed the CBI to take such independent action, as it considers fit, on the basis of the inquiry conducted by it, without seeking any direction from any corner. — PTI
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