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Rajasthan SOG Officer Arrested Over Alleged Rs 2 Crore Bribe
Mukesh Kumar Soni is a senior officer in Rajasthan’s Special Operations Group.
Investigators say he allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore from someone connected to a land-scam case.
They say the money was supposed to help close the case and return documents or goods.
Sajjan Singh Jain, also called Sajjan Kumar in one report, was accused of acting as the middleman.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau says Jain was caught accepting the money.
Soni was then detained at his home and arrested.
The older land case involves disputed plots and records connected to Udaipur.
Reports also mention other allegations involving Soni, but those claims have not been established as convictions.
Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested SOG Additional Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Soni over an alleged Rs 2 crore bribe demand.
The ACB arrested alleged middleman Sajjan Singh Jain, also identified in one report as Sajjan Kumar, while he was accepting the money.
The bribe was allegedly sought to close the Udaipur Municipal Corporation land-scam case, avoid additional charges and return seized documents or goods.
The underlying case concerns alleged irregularities involving 30 land schemes and 16 slums transferred to the corporation in 2004.
Soni has also faced reported allegations involving a lecturer’s suicide case and investigations into drug-smuggling cases, though the reports do not establish those allegations as proven.
- Who
- Mukesh Kumar Soni, an Additional Superintendent of Police with the Rajasthan Special Operations Group, and alleged middleman Sajjan Singh Jain, also identified as Sajjan Kumar, were arrested.
- What
- The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested them in connection with an alleged Rs 2 crore bribe demand.
- Where
- The alleged bribe was accepted at the complainant’s factory, while Soni was detained at his residence in Balotra district.
- When
- The alleged middleman was arrested on Saturday and Soni was arrested on Sunday, earlier this month.
- Why
- The money was allegedly demanded in exchange for closing or weakening the Udaipur Municipal Corporation land-scam case, avoiding further charges and returning documents or goods.
Key facts
- Alleged bribe
- Rs 2 crore
- Arrested officer
- Mukesh Kumar Soni, Additional Superintendent of Police, Special Operations Group
- Alleged middleman
- Sajjan Singh Jain, also identified as Sajjan Kumar and known as Tatla
- Investigating agency
- Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Recovered currency
- The ACB said Rs 4 lakh of the recovered amount was in Indian currency.
- Underlying land case
- Alleged irregularities involving 30 land schemes and 16 slums transferred to Udaipur Municipal Corporation in 2004.
- Court action
- A court remanded both accused to three days in custody.
- Legal provisions
- The case was registered under Sections 7 and 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Quotes
Jhabar Singh Kharra
Rajasthan’s Urban Development minister discussing the Udaipur land-scam investigation.
“My name does not appear in the FIR registered at the Ajmer SOG branch against Ramesh Kumar (a Grade-2 Hindi teacher). Even after Ramesh was arrested, my name was nowhere to be found in the charge sheet filed against him. The then-investigating officer, Mukesh Soni, questioned 6-7 individuals who had been apprehended during the proceedings-such as Dr Suresh, Shailesh Khichad, and others-asking who Manohar was, how much money he possessed, and what he was currently doing.”
NDTV
“Do not implicate anyone other than Manohar Bhadu in this case; you can drag him into four separate cases and use intimidation to make him do whatever you want. I would have arrested him myself, but I was transferred before I could do so.”
NDTV
Sources
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