The premier investigating agency, in its counter-affidavit to the Supreme Court, said the facts come to light after income tax returns of Mayawati and her family members were collected and scrutinised. From the scrutiny, it was found that the chief minister later declared her "donated" amount in the Voluntary Disclosure Income Scheme (VDIS), the agency said.
"It has been found that in order to camouflage the source of funds for acquiring immovable and movable assets, 307 donations and gifts worth Rs 13.18 crore have been shown to have been received by Mayawati, her family members and relatives from more than 130 donors," the affidavit said.
The CBI informed the apex court that a total of 30 donors have been traced and examined by the CBI.
"These donors have stated that they do not have means and resources to gift or donate such huge amounts as reflected by the donees concerned in their income tax returns," the agency alleged.
Mayawati yesterday said the case against her was politically motivated, a charged denied by the CBI which said its counter-affidavit was in response to the writ petition filed by the UP Chief Minister in the apex court seeking to quash the FIR filed against her in October 2003.
In the counter-affidavit, the CBI informed the Supreme Court that "some of the donors have been examined by the Income Tax department and in the course of its enquiry, the statements given by the donors before the department were similar to those received by the agency.
