Plot thickens in actress's land dealings

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly secretariat yesterday directed the Lucknow city police chief to file a First Information Report (FIR) against Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan for allegedly concealing information about her property in 2006 while filing her nomination.

The principal secretary to the state assembly, R.P. Pandey, directed Lucknow Senior Superintendent of Police Akhil Kumar to file the complaint against the actress-turned-politician. She had allegedly concealed information about her property in her June 1, 2006, affidavit while filing her nomination.

The complainant, Amir Haider, an advocate and a resident of Barabanki district, had lodged a written complaint with the Election Commission on June 28, 2006.

"In her affidavit, she has provided information about only one plot of land in Barabanki, despite the fact that Amitabh Bachchan has three pieces of land in the Daulatpur village of the district. Besides this, the survey number and other details of the land were also not mentioned," he stated.