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Removed mines minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati for his alleged collaboration with the mining mafia.[2] Before that from 2012 to June 2013, Yadav himself was in charge of mining in the UP state mining ministry before Prajapati was made the mining minister.[2] House and offices of Samajwadi Party MLC Ramesh Mishra, BSP politician Satyadev Dikshit and 2008 batch IAS officer B Chandrakala were raided, and incriminating evidence including documents, INR 2 crore cash and jewellery were seized from 14 locations in 7 cities.[3][4][5] Chandrakala is accused of bypassing the rules to illegally allocate the mines.[3] Prajapati was earlier arrested in 2017 in an unrelated rape case.[3]The case is under investigation by the CBI.[1]List of scandals in IndiaCorruption in IndiaThe Lokpal Bill, 2011Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam^ a b c d The Daily Fix: CBI raids just after SP-BSP alliance raise further questions about its impartiality, Scroll.in, 7 January 2019.^ a b c d Ministry raps UP government for allowing arbitrary mining lease, Economic Times, 27 Sep 2016.^ a b c d e UP mining scam: CBI may probe Akhilesh Yadav, DNA India, 7 Jan 2019.^ a b IAS officer, legislator among 14 raided by CBI in UP, Delhi, Hindustan Times, 5 Jan 2019.^ a b c Illegal sand mining case: CBI conducts raids in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, India Today, 5 January 2019.^ CBI raids 12 places in UP, Delhi in connection with illegal sand mining, Newsonair.com, 6 Jan 2019.^ Akhilesh Yadav cleared 13 mining leases on a single day, claims CBI, Hindustan Times, 9 Jan 2019.^ UP govt sets up teams to probe illegal sand, mud, stone mining, indiatvnews.com, 27 April 2013.^ "IAS Durga Shakti Nagpal suspended for a demolition that never was". The Times of India. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.^ "104 arrests in 6 months: Noida IAS officer's sand mafia crackdown". The Indian Express. 30 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.^ "Durga IAS takes on Noida sand mafia". The Times of India. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.^ "Government pulled two thorns out of sand mafia's side in a week". The Times of India. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2013.^ "Official in Durga's team survived three attacks on life". Hindustan Times. 2 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.^ "Greater Noida locals brave bullets, chase away sand mafia". The Times of India. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.CBI investigates the scam
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