Lokayukta notice to UP minister's son

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta Justice N K Mehrotra has issued a notice to CM Mayawati aide and minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui's son, Afzal, seeking information and documents pertaining to his business ventures in Amroha besides details about his source of income.
The notice comes days after Justice Mehrotra recommended a CBI probe against Naseemuddin after pronouncing him and his kin guilty of laundering money and buying heavily undervalued property across the state. Lokayukta office sources said Afzal owns a modern slaughter house built over 4,289 hectare of land in Jyotiba Phule Nagar. They said investigations have revealed that Afzal had bought only a part of the land — 2,827 hectare. Complainant Ashish Sagar Dixit has alleged that the additional land on which the factory stands was illegally and forcefully occupied.
A district magistrate report also confirmed that the land that Frozen Foods Private Limited occupies was in excess to what Afzal had purchased.
The notice was issued after Justice Mehrotra took cognizance of evidence on record, sources said.