HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW THURSDAY, AUGUST 06, 2015 | metro | 07 UP govt moves SC to stay CBI probe against Yadav Singh SCAM Akhilesh govt smells rat in Singh being singled out for investigation; CBI continues raids

Bhadra Sinha & Abhishek Sharan should have been worth `1.7 ■ [email protected] crore during the period,” said the source. The agency, mean- NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh while, is set to ask for a crucial government on Wednesday diary belonging to the sus- moved the Supreme Court chal- pended chief engineer which it lenging the CBI probe against supposes might contain details Noida Authority’s suspended of certain illegal transactions chief engineer Yadav Singh. irregular transactions carried The move comes a day after 16 out by Singh. teams of the CBI carried out con- The diary currently is in the ducted raids on Yadav Singh’s possession of the Income Tax properties across Uttar Pradesh. department. Accusing the Centre of using Singh’s family members have the CBI for its political vendetta, denied all alleged wrongdoings, the UP administration said the said the source. July 16 High Court “Two of his associates and order directing the CBI probe three firms are under our scan- came only after a joint secretary ner for having allegedly benefit- level officer of the central gov- ■ The CBI continued its raids on Yadav Singh’s property on Wednesday with ed from the accused’s favours. ernment asked for it. the suspended engineer’s Noida house being searched. SUNIL GHOSH/ HT We are scrutinising certain “The state government has important official files recov- very serious concern about the to politicize a general criminal indicated that during 2009 ered during our searches that manner in which the central case to further political vendetta, and 2014, Singh’s assets were include details on shell compa- government singled out this when there are different political around seven times more than nies, bank accounts, financial case for the purpose of having dispensations in powers at the his known sources of income. transactions,” said the source. the CBI take over the investiga- level of state and the Centre,” His alleged assets stood at `13 Singh and his family face alle- tion,” read the appeal, stating the appeal read, seeking a stay crore, while it should have gations of illegally amassing the state never came in the way on the HC order. been only `1.7 crore, said a assets worth several crores. of the investigation. CBI source. Singh is alleged to have award- “It is not unknown that many SINGH’S ASSETS “According to his (Singh’s) ed irregular contracts for pecu- a times the CBI has been used The CBI’s probe so far has income tax returns, his assets niary gains worth crores. Govt implements new excise NDMC to start e-hospital portals policy without L-G’s nod by October HT Correspondent There is a protocol for , all excise policies NEW DELHI: The New Delhi ■ [email protected] were approved by the Lieutenant Municipal Council (NDMC) everything and policy . “There is a protocol for has approached the National NEW DELHI: Delhi’s new excise decisions such as this everything and policy decisions Informatics Centre (NIC) for con- policy, which came into effect › such as this can always be chal- figuration of e-hospital portal in can always be challenged from August 1, has apparently been lenged in the court if they are its health care units. implemented without L-G Najeeb in the court if they are not approved by the competent The move will improve patient Jung’s approval, sources said. not approved by the authority,” said a senior official. care and operational efficiency at Sources said the file containing all NDMC health care centres. the new excise policy - which gives competent authority LENS ON CIRCLE RATES NIC had suggested uploading its nod for setting up microbrew- A SENIOR GOVT OFFICIAL The AAP government and the proposed e-hospital software eries in the city - has not yet been L-G Najeeb Jung are also at log- for NDMC on its cloud services. sent to the L-G’s office. gerheads over the circle rates for This is the first time that such a “Every year, an excise policy Sources said that apart from agriculture land. The L-G’s office system is being flagged anywhere is declared and first approved sending a proposal on increas- has asked for files pertaining to in the country. by the Cabinet. It is then sent to ing the luxury tax, no other pro- a notification on enhancement NDMC chairman, Naresh the Lieutenant Governor for his posal of the excise department of circle rates, stating that AAP Kumar, along with other senior approval. But this time no file — including setting up micro- government did not seek his nod officials had attended a video was sent to the L-G’s office and breweries — was sent for Jung’s for the same. Later in the day, the conference organized by NIC the policy has been in place from approval. AAP government sent the file to and discussed different modules August 1. This is the first time that According to a senior govern- the L-G. Deputy chief minister and configuration required in the such a thing has happened,” said a ment official, during the tenure Manish Sisodia also met Jung software with its experts in . senior Delhi government official. of the former chief minister later in the day HTC