Akhilesh Yadav Summoned As Witness By CBI In Illegal Mining Case: Sources

Sources in the probe agency said that the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister will be questioned tomorrow.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has been summoned as a witness by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the illegal mining case. Sources in the probe agency said that the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister will be questioned tomorrow.

Mr Yadav held the mining department between 2012 and June 2013.

The cases of illegal mining were reported from seven districts of Uttar Pradesh, Shamli, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Deoria, Saharanpur, Hamirpur and Siddharthnagar.