Vishnu Sharma.
Jaipur. Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage Mayor Munesh Gurjar’s troubles may increase in the coming days. The reason is the case related to taking bribe of lakhs of rupees in lieu of issuing 8-month-old leases. In this, ACB had trapped the mayor’s husband Sushil Gurjar and two brokers Narayan Singh and Anil Dubey at the mayor’s house while taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. In this action, ACB had seized about Rs 40 lakh in cash and files related to issuing leases from the mayor’s house.
In its investigation, the ACB has also considered Mayor Munesh Gurjar as an accused in the bribery case of August 2023. The file has been sent to the government for prosecution approval to file a challan against him and prosecute him. If the government or the competent department approves the prosecution approval file by presenting a challan against Mayor Munesh Gurjar, then Mayor Munesh Gurjar may face the threat of arrest. He may also have to lose the mayor’s chair.
Lease files were also found along with cash worth Rs 40 lakh
Acting on a complaint on 4 August 2023, the ACB raided the house of Mayor Munesh Gurjar in Shanti Colony, Hasanpura. There, the mayor’s husband Sushil Gurjar, broker Narayan Singh and Anil Dubey were arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. After that, the ACB conducted a search operation in the mayor’s house. About Rs 40 lakh in cash and some files for approval of issuing leases were also recovered.
9 lakh rupees were also found at the broker’s house
At the same time, a search operation was also conducted at the house of broker Narayan Singh located at some distance from his residence. About 9 lakh rupees in cash was recovered from it. On this, the ACB sent the three accused to jail after keeping them on remand. From there, all the three accused including the mayor’s husband Sushil Gurjar got bail. The ACB had taken the statement of Mayor Munesh Gurjar in this case in November 2023.
Husband Sushil plays the lead role
After that, the investigating officer, Additional SP Rajendra Nain, completed the investigation of this case in the month of April. On the basis of all the facts, the role of Mayor Munesh Gurjar has also been considered as a collusion. Because the Mayor’s signature was on the files for issuing leases. Most of the files were taken out from the Mayor’s house. Her husband Sushil played the main role in this.
Mayor Munesh Gurjar was suspended
After the bribery case, the then Gehlot government suspended Mayor Munesh Gurjar. After that, the Mayor knocked the door of the High Court. Then, on the orders of the High Court, Munesh was reinstated to the Mayor’s chair. But now his troubles have increased as the ACB has found the allegations in the bribery case to be proven. Now it remains to be seen whether the Bhajan Lal government gives a yes or no answer for prosecution approval against Mayor Munesh Gurjar. Because this will decide the future of Mayor Munesh Gurjar’s chair.
Tags: corruption case, Jaipur News, Rajasthan news
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 17, 2024, 12:11 IST