New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 8 claimed that it has so far recovered assets worth Rs 15 crore in the name of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and her close relatives.

The CBI has filed First Information Report (FIR) in a designated court at Lucknow under section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 on October 5 and carried out searches at her premises on October 8.

During the searches, the CBI claimed to have recovered documents relating to the purchase of property in the national capital and other parts of Uttar Pradesh during April one, 1995 to August 29, 2003.

She had resigned on August 27, 2003.

In the FIR, CBI claimed that Mayawati had disclosed her income as only Rs 1.12 crore during the period whereas the agency had found that her bank balance in two accounts at Parliament Street and Moti Bagh alone amounted to Rs 2.51 crore.

The FIR also claimed that she had purchased a land at Lucknow during an auction in March 2003 in the name of her party BSP for Rs 45.75 lakh which she later transferred to her name on August eight, 2003.

By then, the Taj Heritage controversy had picked up momentum with Supreme Court directing the CBI to go after "high and mighty" responsible for spoiling of environment around the 17th century monument.

PTI