Long rope to officials? Deletion of sections in FIR raises questions

Deletion of sections related to charges against public servants involved in corruption has raised questions even as the investigation into the Invest UP 'commission for approval case' gathers momentum.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW:

The absence of a senior officer's name from the FIR and no mention of his role in initial investigation provides a long rope to the public servants allegedly involved in graft.

The allegations of extortion, bribing a public servant and abetment to bribe a public servant stand against 'high profile middleman' Nikant Jain, 39, who was arrested on March 20, the same day IAS officer and Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash was suspended by the Yogi Adityanath government over allegations of corruption in connection with the solar power plant project.

But charges under sections 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988, have been removed in the case for lack of evidence against any public servant so far, said police officials on Wednesday.