CBI knocks on the doors of Noida, seeks details of property owned by Mayawati's brother

By Vivek Avasthi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has knocked the doors of Noida in the Yadav Singh case probe. The CBI has written to the CEO of Noida regarding the details of all property in the jurisdiction of Gautam Budh Nagar registered in the name of “Bhai Sahab” or Anand Kumar, brother of BSP Supremo and former UP Chief Minister Mayawati. The agency has also asked for property details of Anand Kumar’s wife Vichitra Lata also. The letter in this regard from CBI, received by Noida Authority on Thursday, has created a flutter among the officials and staff of the authority. The letter has been circulated to all departments of Noida which deal with property. These departments include residential, industrial, commercial and institutional wings of the authority. Top officials have directed heads of the concerned departments to scan through the records in their computers and prepare their reports as soon as possible so that the same may be handed over to CBI at the earliest. It would be interesting to note that Anand Kumar was employed with Noida as an Assistant. It was in 2002, when he resigned from this post. It is said that he was actively involved in the functioning of Noida Authority, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Authorities when Mayawati was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. [caption id=“attachment_2447202” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Former CM of Uttar Pradesh. PTI[/caption] Yadav Singh is said to be a close confidant of Anand Kumar and the dairies recovered during 2014 raids on Yadav Singh’s residence had revealed two code names - Bhai Sahab and Pandit ji. Sources say that Bhai Sahab implies to none else than Anand Kumar and Pandit ji is said to be BSP leader from Noida Satish Awana aka Pappu Awana. Awana had unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections from Gautam Budh Nagar on a BSP ticket. Sources say that Awana could be the next to be investigated as his links with Anand Kumar and Yadav Singh have also come out in the open. Not only allotment of land, all major tenders in the three authorities of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority were given by Yadav Singh to contractors of the choice of “Bhai Sahab”. Sources said that the CBI has established link between Anand Kumar and Yadav Singh in many such transactions. Sources said that in the initial questioning, Yadav Singh has not cooperated with the CBI. He is said to be evading questions and also trying to mislead the agency sleuths. But the recovery of the diary has given the CBI many leads to pursue the investigations in land allotment and awarding of tenders. It is told that after the CBI has firmly established the link between Yadav Singh and Anand Kumar, it has started digging out details of his property in Gautam Budh Nagar District. Sources say that next in line of investigations would be the list of ghost companies floated allegedly by Anand Kumar and his wife to convert black money into white. A total of over seventy such firms are due to come under scanner of the CBI. Majority of these companies are on the records of Registrar of Companies (RoC) Delhi while some are with RoC, Kolkata.