EPF-scam: UP Power min slaps defamation notice on PCC chief
Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma on Thursday sent a defamation notice to UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lallu giving him an ultimatum to apologise within 24 hours for making “indecent allegations” against him regarding the Rs 2,600 crore EPF scam in the state power department.
“The notice has been sent to the Congress leader by the energy minister for making wrong, derogatory and indecent allegations against him in connection with the case,” PRO in the energy department Ankush Tripathi said.
In case Lallu does not offer an apology, a case will be registered against him under the IPC, the minister warned.
“The minister has stated that he has no role in the investments in the DHFL or Sunblink Company and he has never had any meeting with the officials of any of these companies,” Tripathi said, adding that he has reiterated that he had not gone to Dubai, as claimed by Lallu.
