Former UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal today appeared before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in connection with irregularities in a land deal.
Dhariwal is being interrogated by a team of ACB officials led by Investigating Officer Bajrang Singh Shekhawat, a senior ACB official said.
Before leaving for the ACB office in Jhalana Institutional area, Dhariwal was given a warm reception by Congress party workers and leaders who garlanded him outside PCC office here.
"Dhariwal has been summoned in connection with the 'Ekal Pattaa' (single deed) case as he was the then UDH minister when the land deed of about 14 beegha (40,000 square yards) was granted to Ganapati Construction Company by flouting rules of JDA and Rajasthan Tenancy Act", a senior ACB officer said.
"The ACB had summoned Dhariwal on October 19 but after his personal request the interrogation date was shifted to October 26," the official said.
Former senior IAS officer and the then Principal Secretary G S Sandhu and RAS officer Onkar Mal Saini are evading arrest after being summoned by ACB, the officer said.
So far ACB has arrested Nishkam Diwakar, the then Secretary of UDH and now CEO of Banswara Zila Parishad as well as Shailendra Garg, owner of the construction company in the case.
