Only Akhilesh Yadav bungalow damaged: Estate Dept

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the estate department to check all bungalows vacated by the five former CMs thoroughly and match it with their checklist for missing items and damage done to the property and slap recovery notices on whoever is found guilty.

The decision was taken by the Chief Minister after the Samajwadi Party Chief and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav accused his government of impartial handling of the case.

On receiving the CM's directives, the estate department on Monday thoroughly checked the bungalows of other ex-CMs including Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kalyan Singh, Rajnath Singh, and Mayawati, instead of just scrutinising the one vacated by Akhilesh.

"Prima facie, we found nothing missing from the other bungalows nor was anything damaged. Only in Akhilesh's 4 Vikramaditya Marg bungalow, all items installed by the department were missing and a lot of damage was done to government property," said an estate department official.

Yogesh Shukla, the estate officer, claimed that the department will cross-check the missing items with its checklist and slap recovery notices if any item is found missing or if the property is damaged. "We will seek legal opinion and then slap the notice on its allottee," said the official.