LUCKNOW, March 6 -- Although Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has launched a probe after lodging an FIR against Ansal API and its promoters late Tuesday, the allegations, mentioned in the FIR, themselves raise questions over the role of its officials and other employees, who apparently turned a blind eye to the developer violating norms and duping investors for over two decades.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Lucknow's Sarojininagar Rajeshwar Singh, in his letter to chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, had also questioned the role of LDA officials in approving the projects of Ansal API.

Moreover, investors, too, demanded an investigation into LDA officials' alleged inaction against Ansal API for the past two decad...