ED summons senior IAS officer B Chandrakala in alleged UP mining scam

The Enforcement Directorate, ED today summoned senior IAS officer B Chandrakala and others in alleged Uttar Pradesh mining scam. official sources said their questioning is scheduled for the next week. Yesterday, the ED had filed a money laundering case in connection with alleged illegal sand mining in Hamirpur district during 2012-16.

Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav held the mining



portfolio during 2012-13 and  his role is  also being  probed. Recently, the CBI  had registered a criminal complaint in the matter. It had conducted searches  in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi and registered a case against 11 persons including  B Chandrakala. The agency had taken up the case on the instructions of Allahabad High Court in 2016.