CBI Launches Probe Into Sale Of 21 Sugar Mills Under Mayawati Government

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR to probe alleged irregularities in the sale of 21 State-owned sugar mills during the tenure of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in 2010-11, resulting in a loss of ₹1,179 crore to the exchequer.

The case, in which seven persons have been named as accused for using forged documents while purchasing the mills from the U.P. State Sugar Corporation Limited, has been lodged on a reference from the Yogi Adityanath government. Six preliminary enquiries have also been initiated into the allegations.

The State government had sought a CBI probe into the sale of 21 mills and alleged graft in the purchase of seven closed mills in Deoria, Bareilly, Laxmi Ganj, Hardoi, Ramkola, Chittauni and Barabanki. It was also being pursued by the Lucknow Police.