leader of Opposition in the legislative CouncilNaseemudeen Siddiqui faced further trouble when state government ordered yet another probe against him along with his wife, who is also member of the council, on Monday.
Siddiqui, who was number two in the Mayawati led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government is already facing Vigilance probe into large irregularities in the construction
of memorials in the name of Dalit icon which according to probe by lokayukt Justice (Retd) NK Mehrotra amounts to a total scam of over Rs 1400 crore.
Besides Siddiqui is also facing probe regarding disproportionate assets case and his name also surfaced into another multi-crore rupees scam in lACCFED in which three of his former cabinet colleagues were already in jail.
According to state government communiqué issued by the Home Department on Monday evening, a local journalist and a Right to Information (RTI) activist, made a complaint against Naseemudeen Siddiqui and his wife Husna Siddiqui to the lokayukt Justice (retd) NK Mehrotra.
It was alleged in the complaint that duo used their offices to terrorise and purchased a prime land in Barabanki at throw away prices.The release said that probe by Mehrotra found the charges prima facie true after which he recommended to get the probe by some specialized agency so that further legal proceedings could be made in the matter.
Release further said that taking cognizance of lokayukt recommendations, state government on Monday issued necessary instructions to get the matter probed by the Vigilance Department. Earlier the Vigilance Establishment had filed a FIR against Nasimuddin Siddique in Banda on Saturday last in connection with the Memorial scam to the tune of over Rs 1400 crores and Disproportionate assets.