Days after recommending a CBI probe into the alleged multi-crore scam in Shia and Sunni waqf boards, the Uttar Pradesh government might recommend a similar investigation into various anomalies in the Gomti River Front Development – a dream project of former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

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Officials said that a case may be registered on the basis of recommendations of a four-member committee headed by UP urban development minister Suresh Khanna.

The river front has witnessed a political showdown between the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government in the state and the Adityanath government at present.

It had become a major issue during the recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

On April 1, the chief minister had ordered an inquiry by a retired High Court judge in the Gomti River Front Project.

He had instructed chief secretary Rahul Bhatnagar to constitute the committee and also directed for submission of the report within 45 days.