Social activist, Nutan Thakur, who so far failed to give any concrete evidence regarding alleged illegal wealth of mining minister Gyatri Prajapati, reportedly filed another affidavit with lokayukta, Justice (retd) NK Mehrotra, on Wednesday afternoon. However, it is yet to be confirmed whether fresh affidavit would help the state ombudsman to proceed ahead with charges of disproportionate assets case against the minister or Gyatri would at least walk free of allegations on earning illegal wealth.
“Nutan Thakur, had filed another affidavit against Gyatri Prajapati on Wednesday but I could not go through it so I cannot confirm whether it is related to wealth earned by the minister or something other”, disclosed Mehrotra, here on Wednesday evening. He claimed that the matter is still under investigation and if any proof regarding wealth earned by Gyatri, after he became MlA or minister, or property made by him in his kin or associates name came before him, he would seek explanation from the minister. Mehrotra, refused to talk further on the issue.
It is to be mentioned that in a major twist in the on-going probe against Gyatri, the charges that the Samajwadi Party leaders had made huge wealth seems to have fallen flat when Nutan Thakur, failed to give any concrete evidence regarding minister’s assets while a witness summoned on her advise also went against her, on last Friday.
Thakur, who appeared before Mehrotra, last week, claimed that she had no evidences with her regarding the assets of Gyatri and the properties mentioned in her affidavit were based on the information which she get from Mahendra Kumar. She also added that Kumar could give detail information about assets mentioned by her. However, much to shock of Nutan, Mahendra Kumar, not just denied of having any knowledge about Gyatri’s assets but even went to claim that he not knew Nutan nor he ever talked to her or provided any details on Gyatri’s wealth.
Besides the above, eight more witnesses, which included Hanuman, Sheila Gautam, Dharmendra Prasad, Sangeeta Singh, Sita, Suman Devi, Ram lakhan, lal Babu etc also turned up before Mehrotra on Friday but they all refused to be knowing Gyatri Prajapati. Interestingly, besides showing their ignorance on Gyatri, all witnesses made similar statements that the properties about which enquiry has been made from them, has been purchased with the money which they earned through sale of their other properties. All claimed that the land was purchased by them for farming. Sources said that Mehrotra would now examine fresh affidavits and documents before making any head way on charges against Gyatri Prajapati that he made huge wealth through dubious means and illegal mining.
Earlier, Nutan Thakur, claimed to have provided full details of property owned by Prajapati, and his family members or close associates, to lokayukata. Nutan claimed that she gave property details of Gyatri, his wife Maharaji, daughters Sudha and Ankita (village Parsawa), sons Anurag (Dilkusha road) and Anil (Indrajeet Kheda, Amethi). She said that the properties were allegedly brought after October 2013 pointing that they were probably made by income through illegal mining. She claimed that in addition to the above properties, she also gave examples of life Cure Medical Center (Pratapgarh, Amethi), Shubhang Exports limited (Amethi, Indrajeet Kheda)and Decent constructions (Indrajeet Kheda), having Gyatri’s son with Anil as director. Besides, Dr Thakur has also presented 7 properties of Prajapati’s associates, Devatadeen at Mahmudpur and 15 properties of his official driver Ramraj and 10 properties of private driver Ram Sahai. She presented facts about Prajapati’s three brothers Jagdish, Chediram and Sriram being beneficiaries of Antyoday Yojana and he and his brothers being in BPl list.