Police official deployed in Ashok Gehlot’s safety arrested in paper leak case

The Particular Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan police has arrested a head constable deployed within the safety of former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in reference to paper leak of the sub-inspector recruitment examination of 2021. Greater than 120 accused, together with 54 trainee sub-inspectors, have thus far been arrested within the case.

The accused head constable Rajkumar Yadav was the private safety officer (PSO) of Mr. Gehlot throughout his tenure because the CM, and continued as a member of his safety employees after the change of presidency in December 2023. Mr. Yadav allegedly obtained the paper illegally by a supply and supplied it to his son Bharat Yadav.

Bharat, who cleared the written examination however failed the bodily check, was additionally arrested alongside together with his father by the SOG in a raid at their residence in Jaipur late on Friday night time. Each of them have been produced in a Judicial Justice of the Peace’s court docket right here on Saturday and remanded to police custody until August 12.

Mr. Yadav had earlier served as a PSO to former Minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya through the Congress regime. He allegedly acquired the leaked SI recruitment paper from Mr. Malviya’s then private secretary, Kundan Kumar Pandya, who had obtained it from a member of the Rajasthan Public Service Fee.

Mr. Pandya has since been arrested by the SOG on June 5 in reference to the case. The examination, held in September 2021 to fill 859 vacancies of sub-inspectors and platoon commanders, was mired within the allegations of paper leak and irregularities, however a Cupboard Sub-Committee appointed by the Bharatiya Janata Occasion authorities has determined to not cancel it in view of the continuing SOG investigation.

Reacting to the arrest of the police official and his son, Mr. Gehlot stated on Saturday that the regulation ought to take its course if any particular person was concerned in against the law. “I do hope that the SOG will examine this matter with none stress and attain a logical conclusion,” the previous CM and veteran Congress chief stated in a submit on X.