'She Was Home': Jaipur Mayor Sacked After Husband Caught Taking Bribe
NDTV
Munesh Gurjar has also been suspended from her civic body seat -- Ward Number 43 in Jaipur's heritage corporation.
The Rajasthan government in a late night order has suspended Jaipur Heritage Municipal Corporation Mayor Munesh Gurjar, whose husband Sushil Gurjar was yesterday arrested by the state's Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly taking Rs 2 lakh as a bribe in exchange for issuing a land lease. Ms Gurjar has also been suspended from her civic body seat -- Ward Number 43 in Jaipur's heritage corporation.
Since the mayor's husband was caught accepting the bribe at the mayor's residence, while she was present there, and Rs 40 lakh was recovered in cash from the residence, it appears that the mayor was involved, and could influence the investigation in the case, the order said.
The ACB has arrested two others, along with Sushil Gurjar, and will question them over two days.
A complaint with the police claimed that Sushil Gurjar, through his aides - Narayan Singh and Anil Dubey, had been demanding ₹ 2 lakh from the complainant to expedite the approval of a lease application for a plot. Officials laid a trap based on the complaint and arrested them.
