Hours after he joins BJP, UP politician raided

January 04, 2012 11:14

Ironically, the raids began hours after Babu Singh Kushwaha joined the BJP. The ousted Bahujan Samaj Party minister and former Mayawati confidante was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation early this morning.

CBI teams conducted simultaneous raids at about 45 locations, allegedly owned by Kushwaha or his associates, in a dozen districts in Uttar Pradesh in pursuance of its investigation into the multi-million rupee National Rural Health Mission scam.

Read Sharat Pradhan's report on rediff.com

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