Middlemen ‘aided’ officials to siphon off funds of Jal Jeevan Mission scheme in Rajasthan: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a statement on Saturday claimed several middlemen and property dealers “aided” Rajasthan government’s PHE department officials to siphon off “illegally earned” money from the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme.

The federal agency had conducted fresh searches in this case on Friday at 26 locations in the poll-bound state. The first round of raids were undertaken in September.

Locations in Jaipur and Dausa, including residential and official premises of senior Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) officials, IAS officer and Additional Chief Secretary Subodh Agarwal, apart from private individuals were covered during the fresh searches.