Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on October 20 moved the Allahabad High Court seeking stay on her possible arrest in a disproportionate assets case.

The petition seeking stay on Mayawati's possible arrest and quashing of the FIR (First Information Report) registered against her by the CBI charging her with amassing wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income was filed in the Lucknow bench of the High Court, the former CM's lawyer Arun Kumar Sinha said.

The petition was likely to come up for hearing on October 21.

The CBI had registered the case early this month after conducting a series of raids at the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) leader's residences in Delhi, Meerut and Lucknow.

PTI