Jaipur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan Police on Friday arrested Sanjay Jain whose name had surfaced in a viral audio recording about horse-trading of legislators to topple the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan, an official said.
"Jain has been arrested following interrogation into the FIR lodged on the basis of an audio recording that had gone viral on social media," Additional Director General (ATS and SOG) Ashok Rathore said.
Jain was interrogated Thursday and Friday following which the arrest has been made, officials said.
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Congress Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi had lodged a complaint demanding a probe and registration of an FIR under sedition charges against three persons -- Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma, Gajendra Singh and Sanjay Jain -- who were allegedly discussing a conspiracy to topple the state government in one of the three audio recordings that went viral on social media Thursday.
Earlier on Friday, the grand old party 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.
Congress leader Randeep Surjewala had referred to Jain as a BJP leader, a charge denied by that party.
The SOG had earlier on Friday registered two FIRs under IPC sections 124-A (sedition) and 120-B (conspiracy) to probe into the complaint related to horse-trading of MLAs and the alleged audio recordings.
(With inputs from PTI)
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