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Tonk District Industries Centre chief manager, 2 others held for Rs 1L bribe

Jaipur/Tonk: ACB on Friday arrested three people, including the chief manager of the District Industries Centre in Tonk, in an alleged bribery case. District Industries Centre (Tonk) chief manager Sultan Singh Meena and District Industries Centre (Bundi) senior assistant Ajay Khandelwal were arrested with a suspected bribe of Rs 1 lakh, ACB DG Ravi Prakash Mehrada said.

The transaction was done at Meena’s home. Chartered accountant Jayant Jain, the third accused, was also arrested. The ACB received confidential information that Meena was “transacting bribe money” through Khandelwal in exchange for preparing incorrect reports for various industrial development schemes, passing wrong loans and giving undue benefits to ineligible persons on the basis of forged bills, Mehrada said. After verification, the accused was arrested, he added. More than Rs 15 lakh in cash was recovered during a search of Ajay Khandelwal’s home in Tonk.

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