Rajasthan’s Jal Jeevan Mission Scam: Fake Tenders, Experience Certs & a Multi-Crore Embezzlement
News 18Barely two months ahead of the assembly elections in the state, Rajasthan’s Jal Jeevan Mission scam has turned into a multi-crore fund embezzlement led by a fake tendering process. The Enforcement Directorate, which seized Rs 2.5 crore and a 1-kg gold bar from the homes of a retired and serving government officer last week, has also recovered multiple digital and paper evidence indicative of a rigged bidding process. FAKE DOCUMENTS VALIDATED BY ANOTHER SET OF FAKES Two companies — Ganapati Tubewell Company and Shri Shyam Tubewell Company — owned by two businessmen, who are related, bagged the contract by producing fake and fabricated experience certificates, another senior ED official told News 18. A First Information Report was registered with the ACB of the Rajasthan government on August 8 in connection with the Jal Jeevan Mission scam case.