Addl SP, co commander arrested for taking bribe
According to officials, the ACB Jaipur City II unit laid the trap after receiving a complaint from a suspended Home Guard constable, who alleged that additional SP Navneet Joshi, posted as commandant at the Home Guard Training Centre, and company commander Chandrapal Singh Shekhawat were demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh in eight monthly instalments of Rs 25,000 each.
The accused were caught red-handed while accepting the first instalment of Rs 25,000 from the complainant.
The trap was led by an ACB team and executed at the Home Guard Training Centre located on MI Road in Jaipur.
"The complainant informed us that Joshi and Shekhawat were pressuring him to pay Rs 25,000 each month for eight months to lift his suspension and put him back on duty. Our verification confirmed the allegation, and accordingly, the trap was set," said an ACB official.
Officials added that during the trap operation on Monday afternoon, the complainant handed over Rs 25,000 as the first instalment, and both accused were immediately caught accepting the bribe.
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"The money was being collected by Shekhawat and transferred to Joshi," the official added. Following the arrests, ACB teams launched simultaneous searches at the residences of both officials. At Joshi's residence, Rs 4.85 lakh in cash and documents for five plots were recovered.
From Shekhawat's premises, the ACB recovered Rs 2.57 lakh in cash, documents for two plots, and papers related to other properties, including a residential asset.
Officials suspect that there may be more Home Guard constables who were either asked to pay or have already paid bribes for reinstatement or duty assignments. "We are currently focusing on the trap case, although the possibility of Joshi being involved in asking for bribes from other constables cannot be ruled out," said the official.
The bureau confirmed that both Joshi and Shekhawat are being interrogated under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Senior ACB officers said that the documents recovered are being scrutinised to assess whether the accused officers possess assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
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