Properties of alleged middleman raided

JAIPUR: ACB teams conducted raids at various properties of Sanjay Jain in Jaipur and Bikaner and seized a cheque of Rs 2.9 lakh and jewellery. Jain, who was arrested for his involvement in the alleged conspiracy to topple the Congress government, will be in ACB’s custody till August 11.
“The searches were conducted at his residences in Jaipur’s Bani Park as well at his parental house in Bikaner’s Lunkaransar. We recovered a CPU and will try to get more information stored in it. The cheque also has to be looked to find out who gave it to Jain and the purpose. Few pieces of jewellery were recovered but they were not very high in value,” said an ACB official who is part of the investigation.
Jain was arrested after audio clips in which he was heard talking to other politicians about possible toppling of the ruling government went viral. He was initially arrested by the Special Operations Group (SOG) and later by the ACB on production warrant. Officials claimed they will interrogate him further to get more details into the matter as well as look into his bank accounts.
Cops are also likely to search his other properties and his office in Jaipur. In the complaint filed on July 11, Congress chief whip Mahesh Joshi had mentioned the names of three individuals who were heard in the audio clips — MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma, Jain and Gajendra Singh —, though it does not specify if it was the voice of the Union minister.
On Saturday, the ACB registered an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act. On June 10, the ACB had also received a complaint from Joshi in connection with perceived horse-trading of MLAs following which they started a confidential investigation into the matter.
The three cases registered by SOG were also handed over to the ACB and according to sources, the latter registered an FIR in one of those on Saturday evening naming Ashok Singh and Bharat Malani in the horse-trading case. The duo had been arrested by SOG on July 11 after their conversation had been recorded in which they heard about perceived attempts to topple the Congress government.