JAIPUR: More than Rs 2.31 crore in money and one kg of gold was recovered from a locked almirah within the basement of Yojana Bhawan right here, police stated. According to officers, seven staff of the Yojna Bhawan accessing the basement have been detained for questioning. The trolley suitcase stored within the almirah contained Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes, police stated, including that the restoration occurred on the day when RBI withdrew Rs 2,000 foreign money notes from circulation.
After the money was seized, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was briefed concerning the matter following which Chief Secretary Usha Sharma, Director-General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Dinesh MN and Jaipur Commissioner Anand Srivastava held a joint press convention at Secretariat late Friday night time.
“Files were found from one almirah and the trolley suitcase full of cash and gold from another, following which the employees informed the Ashok Nagar police station,” Srivastava stated, including that the money amounted to Rs 2.31 crore and gold weighed 1 kg. “The files are being scanned and digitised under the e-filing project. Two locked cupboards were also opened today after their keys were found,” he stated.
Seven staff have been detained and are being interrogated. The investigation into all the matter has began, Srivastava stated. The Jaipur Police Commissioner stated he would disclose all the matter quickly. The cabinet from which the money and gold have been recovered was locked for a number of months. The basement from the place the money was discovered was accessed by Aadhaar-UID-linked workers, the police will query the workers accessing the cabinets within the basement.
“Whose money is it, how did it come, investigation is being done. CCTV footage is being scanned. It seems like this wardrobe has been closed for a long time but is not even two or three years old,” he stated. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has focused the Congress authorities over the problem.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rajendra Rathore stated in a Tweet, “The recovery of crores of rupees in cash and gold from the Rajasthan secretariat, where Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot sits and runs the government, is a proof that the Gehlot government is in the role of a protector of corruption.”
He stated the chief minister ought to reply how such a lot of money and gold reached the Yojna Bhawan. The BJP chief additional stated no officers from departments like Information Technology (IT), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have been concerned within the press convention known as in a rush to cover their “black deeds”.
