Senior RAS officer sent to jail

An anti-corruption bureau (ACB) court here today sent senior Rajasthan Administrative Service officer Nishkam Diwakar to 14-day judicial custody, a day after he was arrested by the agency for his alleged role in irregularities in a land deal.
Diwakar, posted as Chief Executive Officer of Zila Parishad of Banswara, was arrested last night in the case after initial interrogation, Additional SP ACB Bajrang Singh said.
He was produced before the ACB court where the Magistrate sent him to 14-day judicial custody, the officer said.
The bureau had also summoned retired IAS officer GS Sandhi in connection with the case, but he did not turn up despite being served with repeated notices.

ACB had registered a case in December last year on a complaint, in which it was alleged that officers of Jaipur Development Authority, urban development and housing department had transferred a society deed of a land to a private builder while flouting norms in 2011.
During the probe, name of Sandhu, who was additional chief secretary (UDH) at that time, surfaced after which the bureau issued notices to him but he did not turn up, the officer said.
Diwakar was posted as deputy secretary in the UDH department when the alleged irregularity took place.
Besides, the ACB also sent notices to another RAS officer Onkar Saini, allegedly involved in the case, to appear before it for interrogation but he also did not come.