Former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi.
Congress chief and former minister Mahesh Joshi was arrested by the ED. Mahesh Joshi went to ED workplace this afternoon for questioning. Joshi was questioned by officers all through the day on Thursday within the Water Life Mission (JJM) rip-off. The company was calling Mahesh Joshi for questioning for a lot of occasions, however Mahesh Joshi was not going as a consequence of private causes. On Thursday, he himself reached the ED workplace. After interrogation, the ED has arrested him.
Please inform that throughout the Ashok Gehlot authorities, there was allegation of water life mission rip-off price crores of rupees. An FIR was lodged in opposition to Cabinet Minister Mahesh Joshi after the rip-off allegations. After that the federal government was very dangerous. The first rip-off was investigated by the ACB and later the Enforcement Directorate itself took the duty of investigation.
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In reference to the investigation, the officers of the Enforcement Directorate had raided 3 times and issued notices. Elections have been held within the state and the BJP authorities was fashioned after Ashok Gehlot’s authorities. Even after altering the federal government, Mahesh Joshi was known as for questioning by issuing discover however he didn’t seem. On Thursday, he appeared within the ED workplace. He was arrested after questioning.
Mahesh Joshi had been avoiding showing in entrance of ED
Whenever the discover was issued by the ED to former Minister Dr. Mahesh Joshi. He was typically averted by presenting the paperwork and typically citing sickness. Recently, when a discover was issued by the Enforcement Directorate and it was mentioned that the final alternative to interrogate, however the subsequent day the previous minister was admitted to the hospital.
Water life mission rip-off was busted in 2021
In August 2021, the Anti Corruption Bureau opened the key of the Water Life Mission Scam. The ACB staff had dabbed in a resort in Sindhi Camp in Jaipur in August 2021 and arrested two contractors in addition to two contractors taking a bribe of Rs 2.20 lakh.
After that, two officers of Bahrod and Neemrana have been arrested together with supervisors Malkit Singh, contractor Padamchand Jain and Praveen Kumar. After the arrest of those 5 accused, the rip-off of hundreds of crores of rupees was busted.
