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The accused head constable Rajkumar Yadav was the private safety officer (PSO) of Mr. Gehlot throughout his tenure because the CM, and continued as a member of his safety workers after the change of presidency in December 2023. Mr. Yadav allegedly obtained the paper illegally by means of a supply and offered it to his son Bharat Yadav.
Bharat, who cleared the written examination however failed the bodily take a look at, was additionally arrested alongside along with his father by the SOG in a raid at their residence in Jaipur late on Friday evening. Both of them have been produced in a Judicial Magistrate’s court docket right here on Saturday and remanded to police custody until August 12.
Mr. Yadav had earlier served as a PSO to former Minister Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya throughout the Congress regime. He allegedly obtained the leaked SI recruitment paper from Mr. Malviya’s then private secretary, Kundan Kumar Pandya, who had obtained it from a member of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission.
Mr. Pandya has since been arrested by the SOG on June 5 in reference to the case. The examination, held in September 2021 to fill 859 vacancies of sub-inspectors and platoon commanders, was mired within the allegations of paper leak and irregularities, however a Cabinet Sub-Committee appointed by the Bharatiya Janata Party authorities has determined to not cancel it in view of the continued SOG investigation.
Reacting to the arrest of the police official and his son, Mr. Gehlot stated on Saturday that the regulation ought to take its course if any particular person was concerned in a criminal offense. “I do hope that the SOG will examine this matter with none stress and attain a logical conclusion,” the previous CM and veteran Congress chief stated in a publish on X.
Published – August 10, 2025 02:35 am IST
