Lucknow: Nearly one and a half months after Mayawati quit as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister following the Taj Heritage Corridor controversy, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged a first information report (FIR) against her and seven others in connection with the case.

Besides Mayawati, those named in the FIR lodged on October 6 night are her top aide and former state Environment Minister Nassimuddin Siddique, former chief secretary D S Bagga, former principal secretary to Mayawati P L Punia, former principal secretary environment R K Sharma, former environment secretary V K Gupta, former union environment secretary K C Mishra and National Project Construction Corporation (NPCC) chairman N C Bali, CBI sources said.

Among the bureaucrats, Bagga, Punia and Sharma were put under suspension by the Mulayam Singh Yadav government, while similar action was taken against Gupta by Mayawati in connection with the case.

The FIR lodged in a CBI court against Mayawati and seven others came three weeks after the apex court directed CBI to take such an action for their alleged involvement in the scam.

PTI