The CBI has registered a case against then District Magistrate, Kaushambi, Satyendra Singh (IAS officer, now retired) and others in a mining scam, and conducted searches at nine places leading to recovery of documents of 44 immovable properties worth several crores of rupees, bank account deposits and cash recovery of `10 lakh besides gold and silver jewellery valued over `2.11 crore.
The searches came after the agency registered a case against the retired IAS officer and nine private persons, residents of Kaushambi and Allahabad) besides other unknown officials/persons.
It was alleged that during the year 2012-14, the then District Magistrate, Kaushambi (Uttar Pradesh) had awarded 02 fresh leases and also renewed 09 existing leases to the other accused to facilitate illegal mining of Minor Minerals in District Kaushambi (U.P) without following e-tendering procedure as mentioned in the orders dated 31.05.2012. of Uttar Pradesh Government,” the agency said in a statement.
The searches were conducted at the premises of the accused at nine different places in Kaushambi and Lucknow which led to recovery of various incriminating documents. During searches at the premises of then District Magistrate, cash amount of `10 lakh, documents relating to the 44 immovable properties, fixed deposits worth `51 lakh, 36 bank accounts, in the name of said public servant and his family members at Lucknow, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, New Delhi and keys of six bank lockers were found. Gold and silver jewellery worth `2.11 crore and old currency notes with a face value of `1 lakh were also found in the lockers, it added.