Rajasthan: Black money found! Cupboard opened – More than 7 thousand notes of ₹ 2000 were found, gold ingot was also found, on which it was written- ‘Switzerland’
The matter of getting black money of more than Rs 2.31 crore a few steps away from the secretariat in the capital Jaipur is in the limelight. The special thing is that on the day when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to withdraw 2000 rupee notes from circulation, on the same day this amount was recovered from the cupboard kept in the Department of Information and Technology (DOIT) office at Yojana Bhawan. This amount found in the cupboard included 7,298 notes of 2000 i.e. one crore 45 lakh 96 thousand rupees. Apart from this, 17 thousand 107 notes of 500 were found, whose value is 85 lakh 53 thousand 500 rupees. Along with this, a gold bar weighing one kg was also found. ‘Made in Switzerland’ was written on the sill. According to the market rate, the price of gold is estimated to be around Rs 62 lakh.
Secret revealed by losing the key of the cupboard
Actually, the process of digitization of documents is going on in this department. Meanwhile, the key of a cupboard kept in the department’s office was not found on Friday. Seeing this, DoIT officials called the technician and got the lock broken. On opening the gate, he saw a suspicious bag kept in the cupboard apart from the files. This information was given to the police by an additional director of DoIT. Jaipur City Police Commissioner Anand Srivastava also reached on the occasion. When the bag was opened, Rs 2.31 crore in cash and gold bars weighing one kilogram were recovered from it. Now then in this case, Jaipur City Police has so far taken 6 people into custody and is trying to find out to whom this black money belongs.
Black money recovered from tender!
Top sources told India Today, preliminary probe suggests that the black money belongs to government officials in the department. He had hidden the money in the cupboard. The money was acquired through contractors to whom tenders were distributed a few months back. However, the exact details are yet to be ascertained.
Police investigating CCTV footage
Meanwhile, the police is scanning the CCTV footage of the government department and trying to nab the officials. At the same time, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is also personally monitoring the entire update of this matter.
Earthquake in the politics of Rajasthan
On the other hand, politics has also heated up regarding the recovery of black money from the cabinet of the government department. BJP MP and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said in a tweet, “Gehlot government’s stomach has been filled to the top by swallowing black money, so today the secretariat spewed out crores of cash and gold. This is a direct proof of the height at which corruption has reached in a state which is continuously going down in development. Government cover-up continues but nothing is hidden from the public.
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— Rajendra Rathore (@Rajendra4BJP) May 19, 2023
Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore tweeted, ‘Gangotri of corruption has finally reached the Secretariat. The recovery of crores of cash and gold there is a proof that the Gehlot government is in the role of protector of corruption. Chief Minister, who has given the statement that Rs 2000 notes will be out of circulation, just tell me why your secretariat is spewing out countless Rs 2,000 notes? Crores of rupees were kept hidden in Yojana Bhawan’s Information and Technology Department to fulfill what objectives? No officer from departments like IT, ED and ACB were involved in the hastily called press conference to hide their black deeds, what is the matter?
