Bhavnagar: Gujarat Police has arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja in the state’s Bhavnagar city for allegedly extorting Rs 1 crore from two persons, one of whom was a recently unearthed dummy. The candidates are accused of being the mastermind of the racket. , an official said.
AAP’s youth wing leader Jadeja was arrested by the police on Friday night after marathon questioning that lasted for hours, they said. Jadeja is credited with busting the racket of alleged dummy candidates earlier this month.
Inspector General of Police, Bhavnagar range, Gautam Parmar said Jadeja had accepted Rs 45 lakh from Prakash Dave, the alleged mastermind of the case, and Rs 55 lakh from Pradeep Baraiya for not disclosing his name in a press conference for his alleged involvement in the racket of dummy candidates. Recover Rs. ,
Following Jadeja’s arrest, the AAP as well as the Congress slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for targeting him for exposing cases of question paper leaks and dummy candidates in the recruitment of government jobs. The BJP government has been under fire for several cases of question papers being leaked for competitive exams, many of which were exposed by Jadeja.
Jadeja, who held a press conference in the state capital Gandhinagar on April 5 on the subject of dummy candidates racket, was issued summons under section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), directing him to appear before a special investigation team. was asked for. for inquiry in the matter.
After his interrogation by the police, a case was registered against him and his associate under sections 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt), 388 (extortion by intimidation) and 120(b) at the city’s Nilambagh police station FIR was registered. ) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Parmar said.
As per the details of the case, on March 25, Jadeja’s aide had recorded a video of a dummy candidate. He showed the video to Prakash Dave and asked him to arrange Rs 70 lakh if he did not want his name to appear in the case.
He said that the deal was fixed for Rs 45 lakh. Police said Baraiya was also asked to pay Rs 60 lakh by Jadeja for not taking his name in the press conference.
They fixed the deal for Rs 55 lakh, he said, adding that Jadeja collected the money through his associate. Bhavnagar Police has arrested 14 people in a racket in which dummy candidates and candidates got jobs for various government posts without giving competitive and government exams. “In his press conference on April 5, Jadeja did not reveal their names,” Parmar said.
AAP state president Isudan Gadhvi said the government targeted Jadeja even when the masterminds of the question paper leak and dummy candidate case were unblemished.
In a video statement last night, Gadhvi said, ‘It is Yuvraj Singh who has exposed many cases of paper leaks. So it is natural that some very powerful people are angry with him. He said, “Paper leak and dummy candidates scam is worth crores and it is Yuvraj Singh who has exposed these cases. The way the case has been registered against him, the youth of the state are upset and this is an attempt to silence their voice.” Effort.”
State Congress President Amit Chavda said that instead of taking action against the culprits of question paper leakers and dummy candidate racket, the government has arrested a young leader who exposed the racket.
In a statement, Chavda said, “I demand from the government that if there is nothing wrong in this, why does it not interrogate the top BJP leaders who have been accused of being behind the dummy candidate racket? To the Chief Minister It should be answered.” video statement.