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The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted search operations at 40 places in Uttar Pradesh including Lucknow in connection with the case lodged on Gomti River Front Project.
The Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case on July 2, on the request of Uttar Pradesh Government and further Notification from Government of India under relevant Sections of IPC & PC Act against 16 public servants, said a press statement from the CBI.
The public servants included the then Chief Engineers/Superintending Engineers of Uttar Pradesh Government and 173 private persons/firms/companies on the allegations of irregularities/illegalities committed in the implementation of various works worth Rs.407 crore(approx) relating to “Gomti River Channelization Project” and “Gomti River Front Development Project” by Irrigation Department (Government of Uttar Pradesh).
The case was earlier registered at Police Station Gomti Nagar, Lucknow. Searches are being conducted today at around 40 locations including Lucknow, Sitapur, Raebareilly, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Agra, Bulandshahar, Etah, Moradabad, Meerut, Etawah (all in Uttar Pradesh).
This was second FIR in Gomti Ricver Front case and now it has over 180 accused. The first FIR was lodged in November 2017.
Probe is worth Rs 1500 crore, it is said. The state government had approved CBI probe three years before.
Apart from Uttar Pradesh search was conducted in Alwar (Rajasthan), Kolkata (West Bengal) at the premises of accused including the then Chief Engineers, then Superintending Engineers, the then Executive Engineer, the then Assistant Engineer and the private contractors, firms and companies. During searches, incriminating documents/articles have been recovered. “Investigation is continuing,” said the CBI press statement.
