The CBI on Friday closed the disproportionate assets case against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, citing lack of evidence. The clean chit to Mr Yadav in the six-year-old case comes at a time when the SP government in Uttar Pradesh is facing severe criticism for failing to contain Muzaffarnagar riots.
“The CBI has closed the preliminary enquiry (PE) against Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family on account of grossly insufficient evidence,” the agency said. The CBI cited the SC order where it was said that the income, assets and expenditure of Dimple Yadav, wife of UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, should be excluded from those of her other family members.