With controversial minister Gyatri Prajapati is now on the `run’ in alleged rape case, more trouble is in store for him as the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) made a fresh move by registering cases in connection with illegal mining during the period when Prajapati was Mining Minister in Akhilesh Yadav’s government.
``We have already withdrawn the security cover of Gyatri Prajapati and alerted SSP lucknow to ensure that the accused could not slip out of the country fearing his arrest”, disclosed ADG law and Order, Daljeet Chowdhary here on Fridayafternoon. He claimed that the cops will proceed ahead with his arrest after collecting evidences and corroborating the allegations made in the FIR by the victim. The cops also made a move to get the passport of Prajapati cancelled.
Sources also said that Circle Officer of Alambagh, Ameeta, Singh, had recorded the statement of the daughter of the rape victim, in a hospital at New Delhi. Prajapati also reportedly made an attempt on her the daughter after allegedly raping the woman. It may be mentioned that the statement was recorded by the police officer amidst protest by the family members and their lawyers. The location of mobiles of the mother and daughter has been also traced at the incident on the incident date and the Call Details Record (CDR) of the mobile phones also pointed that the accused and the victim had long chats several times.
A senior police officer claimed that they were making all out efforts to trace out Prajapati. He said that after they will round-up the minister, they will grill him and if he fails to clarify about the evidences collected by them so far than they will proceed ahead with his arrest.
Meanwhile sources said that besides in the rape case, more trouble was in store for Prajapati as the sleuths of the CBI went ahead with registration of five separate cases regarding illegal mining on Friday. The cases were registered in Shamli, Fatehpur, Hamirpur, Siddharthnagar, and Deoria. Sources said that the CBI so far found large scale illegal mining in the above districts during the period in which Prajapati was minister of the Department before his expulsion on September last year. It may be mentioned that CBI is presently probing illegal mining in the State on directions of the High Court.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) State president, Keshav Prasad Maurya, accused the police for not making efforts to arrest Prajapati and also alleged that the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav of giving shelter to the minister in CM’s residence. ``It is surprising that when the cops of UP police are with Prajapati for his personal security than how the lucknow police claimed to be still tracing the whereabouts of the minister”, Maurya asserted while adding that the cops were making no efforts to arrest the accused.
Maurya even took on chief minister for sheltering Prajapati. ``Gyatri Prajapati is close the Yadav’s family and I know that he had taken shelter in CM’s residence to avert arrest”, Maurya added.