India, March 22 -- LUCKNOW Nikant Jain, 39, a Class 10 passout and middleman, whose arrest led to action against Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash on Thursday, thrived on political and bureaucratic connections of his late father Sudhir Kumar Jain, a seasoned businessman and a contractor of his time. He was also a partner in his elder brother Sukant Jain's group of companies and largely operated from their office in the posh Virat Khand locality of Gomti Nagar.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath cracked the whip on senior IAS officer and Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash by suspending him for allegedly seeking bribe through the middleman for approving a solar power plant project and ordered action against him. The Lucknow police arrested Nikant Jai...