Corrupt Raj officials to face spl cell heat

To crack down on corruption, the Rajasthan government has decided to establish a special cell under the personnel department to monitor corrupt and negligent officials in government departments.

The move comes after several IAS, IPS and Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officials were caught by the anti-corruption bureau in bribery cases. The new cell has been launched on the initiative of CM Ashok Gehlot, who ordered a crackdown against corruption.

During a video call with district collectors, the CM said providing transparent, accountable and good governance is his government’s priority. He announced a cell will be formed to look into complaints of indiscipline and corruption against government officials and the guilty will be severely punished.

In the past few months, the ACB has launched a massive drive against corrupt officials in the state. On Wednesday, the ACB had trapped 2 RAS officers taking bribes.

The Dausa SDM Pushkar Mittal and Bandikui SDM Pinky Meena were arrested for demanding bribes of Rs5 lakh each from a construction firm building the DelhiMumbai express highway as part of Bharat Mata project of the central government.

The ACB also caught a tout of IPS officer Manish Agarwal for demanding a bribe. The tout, Neeraj Meena, was allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs38 lakh on behalf of Agarwal who was posted as SP of Dausa before his transfer last week to the police headquarters in Jaipur. The ACB has seized 2 cellphones of the SP. About 10 days back, an RPS officer was arrested for taking Rs3 lakh through his driver. In Dec, IAS officer Inder Singh Rao posted as Baran collector was arrested in a corruption case.