Jaipur: Rajaram Gurjar, husband of the suspended Mayor of Greater Municipal Corporation, Soumya Gurjar, has been arrested by the Rajasthan Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). Rajaram Gurjar was called by the ACB for questioning on Tuesday in the viral video case. The accused has been arrested on the basis of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) investigation report of the video.
Earlier, a video went viral on social media. In which Rajaram Gurjar was seen doing a deal worth Rs 20 crore with the employees of BVG Company (BVG). After the video went viral, the ACB Headquarters took cognizance of the entire episode and lodged an FIR. The investigation of this case was handed over to Additional SP Bajrang Singh Rathod.
After this, the video sample was sent to the FSL headquarters for investigation. Along with this, several teams of ACB raided the Greater Municipal Corporation office and seized many documents related to the case.
In the investigation of the viral video by the FSL headquarters, no tampering was found. Based on the report of FSL Headquarters, Rajasthan ACB registered an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act regarding this whole episode and called Rajaram Gurjar to ACB Headquarters for questioning.
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ACB DG BL Soni said that in the viral video, talks were being held between Rajaram Gurjar, husband of suspended Mayor Soumya Gurjar, and representatives of BVG company to get a deal worth Rs 20 crore. On which the audio and video clip was investigated by the Rajasthan FSL and the reputed FSL of another state.
After receiving the FSL report from both the places and after analyzing all the facts, prima facie it was confirmed that the relative of a public servant demanded a bribe. On which the Rajasthan ACB has registered an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act and named four people adding section 120B.
ACB has named Rajaram Gurjar, BVG company representative Sandeep Choudhary, Omkar Sapre and RSS Pracharak Nimbaram in this case. Taking action, Rajaram Gurjar and Omkar Sapre have been arrested.
What is the case
In the year 2017, the then Mayor Ashok Lahoti had started the scheme of the door to door garbage collection through BVG company in the capital. There are about 527 door to door garbage collection vehicles operating in the capital. Out of these, the vehicles of BVG are only 106, while 421 vehicles belong to those vendors which have been sublet by BVG, which is against the rules.
In the work assigned to the BVG company by the municipal administration, the conditions were not followed. Despite this, the BVG company handed over the bills of more than 300 crores to the corporation for the unfinished work.
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The conditions like 100% door to door garbage collection, segregation of waste, tracking system in hoppers, mechanized system to transport waste through waste transfer station to dumping yard and removal of open waste depots in the city, were not followed by the BVG company. Despite this, the BVG company handed over the bills of more than 300 crores to the corporation for the unfinished work.
BVG company is working in more than 70 cities of the country and whose annual turnover is more than 2000 crores. The company claims that the Jaipur Municipal Corporation owes 302 crores, but there was no third-party monitoring of the company's work for 2 years.
In such a situation, questions are arising that when the bills have not been verified, then how are they being paid. It is being reported that out of this bill, the alleged deal was done for the payment of dues of Rs 276 crore. The audio and video clip also went viral on social media.
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