Congress probe team hints minister 'guilty'

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Former MlA Manoj Yadav, heading the three-member team constituted by the Congress to probe into the allegations against Agriculture Minister Yogendra Sao on Monday hinted that the latter’s days in the government are numbered.

“Only god can save the state or country where a minister remains in touch with anti-state outfits or forms an organisation involved in activities not acceptable in a civilized society,” he said. 

The three-member team of JPCC met Hazaribagh SP Manoj Kaushik on Sunday and tried to know what the police have found so far in their investigation.

Talking to The Pioneer, Yadav said that on Tuesday the team will visit Barkagaon and adjoining areas and will meet the persons and families who suffered due to activities of Jharkhand Tiger Force, allegedly formed by Sao.

Meanwhile, the CID team visited Hazaribagh on Monday and started its investigation. The team members met with SP, DSP and other police officials to know about their investigation till now. They took the copy of FIR, list of items seized and confessional statement of the accused. The CID team then went to the house of Rajkumar Gupta and talked with his family members for hours.

According to sources, the CID team wanted to know the frequency of Yogendra Sao’s visit to Sao. The other questions asked from Gupta’s family included whether they were aware of their son’s involvement in anti-social activities and whether they had seen him keeping huge amount as cash with himIJ The CID probe went on for more than 2 hours.

Daily Pioneer
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