RBI withdraws Rs 2,000 notes, Rs 2.31 crore cash found in Rajasthan government office

Jaipur: More than Rs 2.31 crore in cash and one kg of gold have been recovered from a locked cupboard in the basement of Yojana Bhavan. According to officials, seven employees who had access to the basement of Yojana Bhawan have been detained for questioning. The trolley suitcase kept in the cupboard contained Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 notes, police said, adding that the recovery took place on a day when the RBI withdrew Rs 2,000 notes from circulation.

After the cash was seized, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was briefed about the matter, following which a meeting was held by Chief Secretary Usha Sharma, Director General of Police (DGP) Umesh Mishra, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Dinesh MN and Jaipur Commissioner Anand Srivastava. . Joint press conference at the secretariat late Friday night.

“Files and trolley suitcases filled with cash and gold were found from a cupboard, following which the staff informed the Ashok Nagar police station,” Srivastava said. “The files are being scanned and digitized under the e-filing project. Two locked almirahs were also opened today after the keys were received,” he said.

Seven employees have been detained and are being interrogated. Srivastava said that the investigation of the entire matter has started. Jaipur Police Commissioner said that he will soon reveal the whole matter. The almirah from where the cash and gold was recovered was locked for several months. The basement from where the cash was found was accessed by Aadhaar-UID linked staff, the police will question the staff who had access to the shelves in the basement.

“Whose money, how it came, is being probed. CCTV footage is being scanned. It seems this cupboard has been closed for a long time, but not even two or three years old,” he said. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has targeted the Congress government over the issue.

Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rajendra Rathore said in a tweet, “The recovery of crores of rupees in cash and gold from the Rajasthan Secretariat, where Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot sits and runs the government, is proof that the Gehlot government is in power. ” The role of savior of corruption.

He said that the Chief Minister should answer how such a huge amount of cash and gold reached Yojana Bhawan. The BJP leader further said that no officials from departments like Information Technology (IT), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) were present at the hurriedly convened press conference to hide their “black deeds”.