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Maya moves HC, seeks stay on her possible arrest
Lucknow, Oct 20: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today moved the Allahabad High Court seeking stay on her possible arrest in a disproportionate assets case.
Lucknow, Oct 20: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today moved the Allahabad High Court seeking stay on her possible arrest in a disproportionate assets case.
The petition seeking stay on Mayawati's possible arrest
and quashing of the FIR registered against her by the CBI
charging her with amassing wealth disproportionate to her
known sources of income was filed in the Lucknow bench of the
high court, the former CM's lawyer Arun Kumar Sinha said.
The petition was likely to come up for hearing tomorrow.
The CBI had registered the case early this month after conducting a series of raids at the BSP leader's residences in Delhi, Meerut and Lucknow.
Mayawati also filed another petition seeking stay on her arrest and quashing of the FIR against her in the Taj heritage corridor case.
The CBI had registered the FIR against Mayawati and ten others, including her then principal secretary P L Punia, on October five.
The Lucknow bench of the High Court today posted for hearing tomorrow the writ petitions filed by Punia and V K Gupta, former environment secretary, seeking stay on their arrest and quashing of the FIR against them in the Taj case.
Mayawati's petition in this regard is also likely to be heard tomorrow. Bureau Report
The petition was likely to come up for hearing tomorrow.
The CBI had registered the case early this month after conducting a series of raids at the BSP leader's residences in Delhi, Meerut and Lucknow.
Mayawati also filed another petition seeking stay on her arrest and quashing of the FIR against her in the Taj heritage corridor case.
The CBI had registered the FIR against Mayawati and ten others, including her then principal secretary P L Punia, on October five.
The Lucknow bench of the High Court today posted for hearing tomorrow the writ petitions filed by Punia and V K Gupta, former environment secretary, seeking stay on their arrest and quashing of the FIR against them in the Taj case.
Mayawati's petition in this regard is also likely to be heard tomorrow. Bureau Report