New Delhi: Stung by the FIR filed against him for alleged financial fraud, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Friday said he will file a criminal defamation case against Uttar Pradesh government and Chief Minister Mayawati.
"I will file a criminal defamation case against the Uttar Pradesh government and Chief Minister Mayawati. The allegations made against me by the state government are very serious.
Daring the UP government to act against him, the SP leader said he was not perturbed about any action being taken against him as he too has enough proof against the illegal activities of the state government.
"I will launch a tirade against Mayawati in the entire country, and will expose her illegal activities...She has even been pulled up by the Supreme Court for failure on part of her government to stop construction of parks and memorials despite court's objections. Let her file an FIR against me, I too have ample proof against her activities and will now expose her," Singh said.
"It has been alleged that my companies have granted favours to various state government departments and indulged in siphoning off funds. I challenge Mayawati to come up with proofs substantiating these allegations," the SP general secretary told reporters in New Delhi.
He said the case to be filed by him would also be on behalf of actor Amitabh Bachchan, who has been named in the FIR as a director of one of Singh's companies.
An FIR was lodged on Thursday at Babupurwa police station in Kanpur, accusing the SP general secretary and his wife of amalgamating companies for converting black money into white, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Brij Lal had told PTI.
Singh said his companies are listed with the Bombay Stock Exchange and he himself is not a director of any of the companies mentioned in the FIR.
"I have got nothing to hide. Everything is in public domain and on the Internet. These are public limited companies which are audited by auditors. It is easy to bring
charges against Amitabh Bachchan and myself as this garners greater TRPs for television channels," Amar Singh said.
Brij Lal said Kanpur police is investigating the FIR against Amar Singh and if they recommend, permission would be sought from the government to hand it over to an agency like Economic Offence Wing.
As per the FIR, the complainant alleged Amar Singh allotted huge contracts while being the chairman of the UP Development Council to people known to him and in turn got huge sums as commission.
He also alleged M\s. Energy Development Company Limited (EDCL) and another of Amar Singh's company EDCL Wire Project Ltd earned crores in contracts between 2005 and 2007 .
One Messers Pankaja Art and Credit company and Sarvottam companies Ltd run by Amar Singh "wrongly" merged 43 other companies and though they had no business sold their shares at a higher rate, the complainant charged.
He alleged a study of the financial statement of these companies revealed irregularities, transfer of money from one company to the other, selling shares at a higher
rates though they had no business, earning huge sums by trading in investments and security shares without valid licence.
The ADG said the financial details of various companies provided by the complainant are being studied thoroughly for taking further action.
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