lokayukt, Justice (retd) NK Mehrortra, gave a week’s time principal secretary (mining) and Director (mining) to reply more of his query in connection with on-going probe against mining minister, Gyatri Prajapati and his family members. The two officers had already submitted papers to some Mehrotra’s earlier queries, claiming that they had taken appropriate action to every complaint regarding illegalmining.
Sources said that the two above senior officers of Mining Department, had submitted their reply regarding query made in connection with complaints made in Gonda, Bahraich, Sitapur, Bababanki, Sitapur, Chitrakut, Banda, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Sone Bhadra, Jalaun, Allahabad,
Bijnore, Saharanpur, lakhimpur Kheri, Mirjapur, Gorakhpur, Kushninagar etc. Sources confirmed that the two officers appraised Mehrorta that two forwarded all the complaints to the respective DMs of the above districts after which necessary disposals has been made.
Sources further said that now Mehrorta, gave a weeks time to the Direction to provide him the list of contractors whom mining contracts has been awarded in last two years, the quantum of work allotted to them and how much mining has been done against it (With copy of No Objection Ceritificate of Enviornment Clearnance) etc and what action has been taken by the Department in connection with the High Court’s order given in Nar Narain case.
Meanwhile, Mehrotra is also probing that how the two sons –Anil Prajapati and Anurag Prajapati became director of a dozen companies which reported came into existence after Prajapati became minister. It may be mentioned that the younger son of the above leader, had suddenly resigned from half of the companies which are now under the scanner. Mehrorta is probing a complaint of alleged disproportionate assets acquired by Prajapati, his family members and others. Sources confirmed that Anurag Prajapati, younger son of the minister, who along with his elder son, Anil Prajapati, had opened a dozen companies – MGA Colonisers, Desert Contractors, lifecare Medical and Research, Suhag Export, Daya Builders Private limited, Excel Built Tech, Kahana Build Well, MGA Hospitality, MSA Infra Venture, MGM Agro Tech, MSG Realtors and MSGA Enterprises, since 2013, after Gyatri Prajapati turned minister.
According to sources, when the above companies are under the scanner of the lokayukt, Anurag had reportedly resigned from the directorship from half a dozen of the companies in the beginning of this year though his resignation was shown accepted with effect from November 17, 2014 from five companies and December 10, 2014 from one of the companies. Mehrotra in now probing that what led to sudden exit of one of the Prajapati’s son from the companies.