Rajasthan Crisis: SOG interrogates BJP leader Sanjay Jain for 12 hours

After Congress demanded a probe against BJP leaders and rebel Congress MLAs, SOG interrogated BJP leader Sanjay Jain for 12 hours for his alleged involvement to topple the state government in Rajasthan. The development comes after audio tapes of went viral which purportedly have conversations of senior BJP leaders and Congress MLAs.

Jaipur:After Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala demanded an FIR against senior BJP leader and rebel Congress MLAs, Special Operations Group (SOG) on Friday detained BJP leader Sanjay Jain and interrogated him for 12 hours. Jain was questioned after Congress demanded an FIR against Sanjay Jain and accused him of being involved in 'horse-trading' to topple the Ashok Gehlot-led government in Rajasthan.

Sanjay Jain was interrogated by Ashok Rathod, Additional Director General of Police, along with three more officials at the SOG headquarters. Primary investigation suggests that Sanjay Jain, along with few Congress MLAs and saffron party leaders were allegedly involved in bringing down the Rajasthan state government.

Congress today suspended two party MLAs Vishvendra Singh and Bhanwaralal Sharma as primary members after they were heard in the purported audio clips that were doing rounds on social media. According to sources, the purported sensational tapes that were aired on media have conversations of senior BJP leaders, Bhanwar Lal Sharma, and Sanjay Jain.

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Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala accused BJP of breaching the trust of people and said that it is a black day for democracy.

If sources are to be believed, SOG is also investigating the connections between Sanjay Jain, Bharat Malani and Ashok Singh Chauhan, who had been picked up by SOG in connections with alleged attempts to topple Rajasthan Congress.

Malani and Chauhan were picked up from Udaipur and Ajmer after SOG intercepted their call records after Chief Minister Ashok had accused BJP of indulging in horse-trading and trying to topple the state government by offering them Rs 10-15 crore to lure them.

The Rajasthan High Court will hear a petition filed by former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and 18 MLAs against the disqualification notices issued to them by Assembly Speaker C P Joshi.