Rajasthan: Rs 25 lakh bribe for marks in RAS exam; RPSC junior staff in ACB net

JAIPUR: In a novel attempt, the Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau (ACB) placed dummy notes amounting to Rs 22 lakh over Rs 1 lakh of original cash to trap a junior accountant of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC), posted in Ajmer, who demanded Rs 25 lakh as bribe from candidates by promising higher marks in the interview for the Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) exam 2018.
The ACB teams arrested the accused, Sajjan Singh Gurjar, from Ajmer on Friday. Gurjar, a resident of Dausa, had demanded the money on the pretext of arranging good marks to secure selection in the coveted RAS exams of 2018.
Sources in the ACB said that they used dummy cash to trap the accused. “We had kept the dummy cash under the original currency notes of Rs 1 lakh. He (Gurjar) was so enthralled seeing the cash that he did not see that most of them were dummy currency of one Manoranjan bank,” an official said.
ACB DG BL Soni said that the agency had received a complaint that Gurjar, a native of Dausa district, was demanding bribe for good marks in the RAS exams of 2018. ACB then verified the complaint and laid a trap, following which, on Friday, an ACB team led by additional SP (ASP) Himanshu Kuldeep caught the accused red-handed while taking the bribe in Ajmer. ACB officials said that searches were underway at different locations of the accused. “A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act will be filed against the accused,” an official said.
The agency, however, did not reveal if the accused was bluffing to the complainant, or if he indeed could ensure higher marks for the interview.