The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday asserted that it has seized Rs 39 lakh unaccounted cash after searches were carried out against former Rajasthan PHE department minister Mahesh Joshi and others in connection to a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ED searches were launched on Tuesday at eight locations in state capital Jaipur and Banswara. Issuing a statement, the Enforcement Directorate stated that a total of Rs 39 lakh unaccounted cash along with various incriminating documents including property details, digital evidence, mobiles were seized during the raids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jal Jeevan Mission money laundering case stems from a Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau FIR against the owner of Shree Shyam Tubewell Company, Padamchand Jain, the owner of Shree Ganpati Tubewell Company, Mahesh Mittal and others, alleging that they were involved in giving bribes to public servants to obtain illegal protection, obtain tenders, get bills sanctioned and cover up irregularities in works executed by them under various tenders received by them from the PHE department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Previous year, multiple premises in Jaipur and Dausa, including the residential and official premises of senior PHE department officials and IAS officer and the then additional chief secretary Subodh Agarwal, were searched by the ED. The nodal agency had earlier claimed that several middlemen and property dealers aided officials of the state government\u2019s PHE department to siphon off illegally earned money from the Jal Jeevan Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Enforcement Directorate stated that the total seizure of valuables by the agency in this case stands at Rs 11.42 crore, including gold and silver worth Rs 6.50 crore. Reportedly, the Jal Jeevan Mission launched by the Centre aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water through household tap connections and it was being implemented in Rajasthan by the state\u2019s PHE department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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