Ex-JDA chairman arrested by ACB

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested the former chairman of the Jodhpur Development Authority (JDA) in connection with alleged irregularities in the tendering process for a development work.
"Rajendra Singh Solanki was arrested after the Supreme Court stayed the anticipatory bail order issued by the High Court last month," SP (ACB) Ajay Pal Lamba said.
He was declared arrested at the ACB office in Jodhpur, where he was summoned for interrogation this morning, he said.
The ACB had filed four cases against Solanki for alleged irregularities in various developmental works in 2013, the SP said.
"He has been accused of violating rules pertaining to administrative and financial sanctions, and also increasing the financial sanction for some of the works and changing their location," Lamba said.

Out of the four cases, Solanki has been arrested in the case in which tenders were issued twice for the construction of a community hall at the same location, the officer said.

"A tender had been floated in 2012-13 for the construction of a community hall in Mansagar's Adarsh Colony at a cost of Rs 25 lakh. However, the JDA issued a second tender for the same work in 2013-14 with the cost of the project increasing to Rs 70 lakh," Lamba said.
He said Solanki was evading arrest since the cases were registered against him.
Solanki first tried to get the FIRs against him quashed by the High Court, failing which, he had succeeded in obtaining an anticipatory bail from the court last month, the SP said.

The ACB challenged this relief to Solanki in the Supreme Court, Lamba added.