Jaipur, Oct 30: Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau has unearthed a scam that an official, working as Joint Director of the Department of Information Technology and Communications in Jaipur, getting his wife enrolled in two private companies where she never worked a single day. But, she still drew a handsome monthly salary of Rs 1.60 lakh totalling to Rs 37.54 lakh in five years.
ACB's investigation also revealed that the signatures authorizing these salary payments were none other than Officer himself.
Acting both as a Senior Government official and his wife's fake supervisor, he allegedly signed off her salary bills month after month, the ACB probe showed.
Between January 2019 and September 2020, the ACB investigation revealed that OrionPro and Treegen Software transferred money to his wife's, five personal accounts, with the total payment amounting to Rs 37,54,405.
A confidential complaint tipped off the ACB, which launched a full-scale probe.
The ACB also found the involvement of a Deputy Director in the same department in which Jt Director works, who is accused of helping cover up the fraud.
In September 2024, the Rajasthan High Court directed the ACB to file a case and investigate. The ACB filed a complaint on July 3, 2025, following the court's order.
Subsequently, the companies and Jt Directors bank accounts were investigated, which revealed shocking corruption, leading to the registration of an FIR on October 17.
More reports awaited.
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