(With inputs from PTI)

NEW DELHI: The CBI is likely to examine former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in connection with a case of illegal sand mining , officials said on Saturday.They said Yadav held additional charge of the mining department between 2012 and June 2013.Another former minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, who held the portfolio of the mining department, is also likely to be summoned by the CBI in the case, they said.Earlier today, a CBI team carried out searches at 12 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, including the house of a senior IAS on Saturday, in connection with the case.The IAS was known to be close to the then Samajwadi Party government.A 15-member CBI team raided residence of 2008-batch IAS officer B Chandrakala, located in Sarojini Naidu Marg. Searches were also carried out at other places including Jalaun, Hamirpur and Kanpur.The CBI had taken up the case on the instructions of Allahabad high court which had passed an order in July 2016 to carry out investigation into deals of Chandrakala. The agency had also registered an FIR against her.