Kushwaha may now face money-laundering probe

Former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is now under the Enforcement Directorate radar.

Former Uttar Pradesh minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is now under the Enforcement Directorate radar.

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The ED may register a money laundering case against Kushwaha after the CBI recently registered a case against him for alleged irregularities in funds allocated to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

Kushwaha was recently inducted into the BJP after being sacked by UP chief minister Mayawati.

The CBI has already arrested four people in the case which is being probed by the agency for alleged irregularities in utilisation of about Rs 10,000 crore of Central funds allocated under the NRHM.