SP government to withdraw fraud case against Amar Singh
4 Jun 2013 5:15 AM IST
The Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government has decided to withdraw a fraud case against former SP general secretary Amar Singh, who was expelled from the party in 2010. The matter pertains to a Rs 500 crore case of fraud registered against Singh in Kanpur in 2009.
On the direction of the state government, Kanpur district magistrate Sameer Verma has written to the public prosecutor asking for information related to the case. The letter asks for details on 13 key points of the case, including the witnesses and evidences. Actor Amitabh Bachchan was a director in some firms involved in the alleged racket. On 15 October, 2009, a Kanpur resident, Shiva Kant Tripathi had lodged an FIR in the Babupurwa police station in Kanpur, alleging that Amar Singh was involved in money laundering through companies which existed only on paper. The case was registered under sections relating to fraud, cheating, prevention of corruption and money laundering.
In the FIR, Tripathi alleged that Singh floated eight companies in which 168 small companies were amalgamated, with the intent of siphoning off Rs 500 crore of black money for which he misused his position as chairman of the UP development council during 2003-2007.
On the direction of the state government, Kanpur district magistrate Sameer Verma has written to the public prosecutor asking for information related to the case. The letter asks for details on 13 key points of the case, including the witnesses and evidences. Actor Amitabh Bachchan was a director in some firms involved in the alleged racket. On 15 October, 2009, a Kanpur resident, Shiva Kant Tripathi had lodged an FIR in the Babupurwa police station in Kanpur, alleging that Amar Singh was involved in money laundering through companies which existed only on paper. The case was registered under sections relating to fraud, cheating, prevention of corruption and money laundering.
In the FIR, Tripathi alleged that Singh floated eight companies in which 168 small companies were amalgamated, with the intent of siphoning off Rs 500 crore of black money for which he misused his position as chairman of the UP development council during 2003-2007.
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