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Home / News / Politics News / PMO behind Rajasthan mining bust
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    PMO behind Rajasthan mining bust

    Vaneet Randhawa
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    Last updated on Sep 19, 2015, 01:33 pm
    PMO behind Rajasthan mining bust
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  • ACB officials revealed that the mine-bribery scam in Rajasthan had been carried out directly under PMO's orders and had been reported to BJP supremo Amit Shah.

    The ACB was acting on the state's mining lobby report that spoke of fleecing by mining officials in Rajasthan.

    The operation was kept secret from the state government as well as Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje.

  • In this article
    Rajasthan officials arrested in mines bribery scam Money covertly exchanging hands Gold, silver part of the mining bribe Complaints from mine owners led to the crackdown Sachin Pilot demands a judicial probe PMO behind Rajasthan mining bust
  • 17 Sep 2015

    Rajasthan officials arrested in mines bribery scam

    Rajasthan officials arrested in mines bribery scam
  • An anti-corruption bureau (ACB) special team in Rajasthan detained 6 people, including top government officials, in a mining bribery case.

    Ashok Singhvi, a 1983 batch IAS officer was arrested for his alleged involvement in the case and was taken for further interrogations based on the evidence.

    ACB's two teams raided different places in Udaipur and Bhilwara and found approximate Rs.4 crore worth cash.

  • 17 Sep 2015

    Money covertly exchanging hands

    Money covertly exchanging hands
  • The mines department had closed down mines following a SC order on 8 July 2015 for operating without environmental clearance.

    The Rs.2.55 crore bribe given to officer Singhvi was by one Sher Khan so as to re-start his mine.

    Khan had allegedly sent the money to a chartered accountant which was transferred to mines department's middleman Sanjay Sethi and then sent to Singhvi.

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    Gold, silver part of the mining bribe

  • Apart from the Rs.4 crore uncovered by the ACB, they also found 30-35 kgs of silver and 45 kg gold at Singhvi's place and 4.45 kg silver and 19 kg gold at Pankaj Gehlot's (another incriminated officer) house.

  • 17 Sep 2015

    Complaints from mine owners led to the crackdown

    Complaints from mine owners led to the crackdown
    Credits:
  • Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria told the media that the Rajasthan bribery case had been cracked due to the complaints from mine owners highlighting irregularities in mining license cancellations and revivals.

    He congratulated the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for following the leads and carrying out the operations discreetly.

    The trail following the complaints had led to Principal Secretary of Mines Department- Ashok Singhvi.

  • 19 Sep 2015

    Sachin Pilot demands a judicial probe

    Sachin Pilot demands a judicial probe
    Credits:
  • Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot commanded a judicial probe into the scandal affecting the state's mining department.

    Talking on the scam he said that corruption could not have been perpetrated without "patronage from the government".

    The Congress leader also directed the probe towards Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, with whom the arrested officer had alleged close affiliations.

  • 19 Sep 2015

    PMO behind Rajasthan mining bust

    PMO behind Rajasthan mining bust
    Credits:
  • ACB officials revealed that the mine-bribery scam in Rajasthan had been carried out directly under PMO's orders and had been reported to BJP supremo Amit Shah.

    The ACB was acting on the state's mining lobby report that spoke of fleecing by mining officials in Rajasthan.

    The operation was kept secret from the state government as well as Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje.

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