The CBI on Friday chargesheeted former Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Akhand Pratap Singh for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.Eleven others, including former CBSE Chairman B P Khandelwal, Singh’s daughters, wife and other relatives, have also been named in the chargesheet for having allegedly “aided and abetted” corrupt activities of Singh and conspired in forging the documents used for ‘benami’ acquisitions. While the chargesheet includes Singh’s wife and two married daughters as accused, it also names two nieces of Singh’s wife and their husbands and a brother of Singh’s son-in-law.Besides Khandelwal, his brother, who is a contractor in Lucknow Development Authority and Noida Development Authority and a Managing Director of a public limited sugar mill in Moradabad District of UP, have also been chargesheeted.In its chargesheet filed in the court of Additional Sessions Judge I K Kochar, the CBI has alleged that Singh, a 1967 batch IAS officer, allegedly acquired disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 2.88 crore during the period April, 1982 to March, 1998. Around 40 immovable properties located in New Delhi, Lucknow, Bahraich and Nainital worth Rs 1.83 crore allegedly acquired in ‘benami’ names, were found to be owned by Singh at the end of the check period. Many of these assets were located in posh localities of Delhi and Lucknow and their values were shown much lower than the actual transaction values.
