The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Rajasthan Public Service Commission member Babulal Katara and an alleged broker, Anil Kumar Meena, in connection with a case involving the leak of a question paper of a teachers’ recruitment examination in 2022. A special court in Jaipur has remanded the two accused in the ED’s custody for three days.
Both Mr. Katara and Mr. Meena were arrested on Friday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The ED had launched an investigation into the case after taking it over from Rajasthan police. The case pertains to the leak of the general knowledge paper of the exam for recruitment of grade II senior teachers, conducted by the RPSC between December 21 and 24, 2022.
The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan police had claimed that Mr. Katara had demanded and received a bribe of ₹60 lakh for leaking the paper to a mafia involved in supplying question papers to the candidates. Mr. Meena allegedly supplied the paper through his syndicate to the candidates for ₹8 to 10 lakh each.
