Senior Rajasthan IAS officer, five others arrested on bribery charge

Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan has confirmed the arrest of senior IAS officer Ashok Singhvi and five others in connection with alleged 2 crore and 50 lakh rupee bribery case.

Apart from Singhvi, the others arrested include Pankaj Gehlot, Additional Director for Mines in Udaipur, Pushkar Raj Amte, senior Mining Engineer in Bhilwara district, and middlemen Sanjay Sethi, Rashid Khan and Shyam Singh Singhvi.

Singhvi was the state’s Secretary for Mines.

The Anti Corruption Bureau said that it has recovered over four crore rupees after a search operation. (ANI)