Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar has reprimanded Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav for his defence of Students Islamic Movement of India, whose suspected involvement in the Mumbai blasts is currently under heavy scrutiny.
Rajeshwar is understood to have shot off a stern letter to Mulayam, asking him whether there was any move by the chief minister's secretariat to withdraw criminal cases against SIMI activists.
As many as 700 persons were taken into police custody for their alleged involvement in the 2001 Kanpur riots, that left 16 dead. These included more than a dozen SIMI activists including its chief Aamir, who was currently lodged in the Kanpur jail.
Taking cognizance of news reports about the chief minister and his minister brother Shivpal Yadav's bid to give a clean chit to SIMI, the Governor has sought to know what led them to hold a brief for the banned organisation when investigation agencies were probing its activities.
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