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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned on Thursday Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav as a witness in a case of illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh's Hamirpur district...
The notice came in connection with an FIR registered against illegal mining in Hamirpur between 2012 and 2016...
Between 2012 and 2016, 11 people were named in the FIR along with unknown public servants who allegedly allowed illegal mining of minor minerals in Hamirpur...
Other people were allowed to excavate minor minerals illegally, commit theft of the minor minerals and extort money from the leaseholders as well as from the drivers of the vehicles transporting minor minerals, the CBI FIR alleged...
In July 2016, the Allahabad High Court directed a CBI investigation into the illegal mining in Hamirpur after expressing dismay over the inaction being taken to curb the menace...
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