The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jaipur Zonal Office has filed a Supplementary Prosecution Complaint (SPC) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 against five accused—Pukhraj, Peera Ram, Suresh Kumar AKA Suresh Sau, Vijay Damore, and Arun Sharma. The complaint was filed before the Honorable Special Judge (PMLA)/CBI-3, Jaipur on 28.02.2024, requesting the court to award punishment for offences related to money laundering involving the leakage of GS papers. The Honorable Special Court took cognizance of the SPC on 15.04.2024.
The investigation by the ED was initiated based on FIRs and charge sheets registered by the Rajasthan Police under various sections of the IPC, 1860, targeting Babulal Katara and other individuals. The investigation uncovered that these suspects were involved in leaking GS papers of the Senior Teacher Grade II Competitive Examination, 2022, scheduled by the RPSC on various dates in December 2022 across Rajasthan.
Prior to this development, the ED had conducted two searches across 22 premises linked to the accused on 05.06.2023 and 13.10.2023. These searches led to the recovery of incriminating documents and digital records. Additionally, the ED provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs. 3.11 crore belonging to Babulal Katara, Anil Meena AKA Sher Singh Meena, and others on 18.08.2023, which was later confirmed by the Learned Adjudicating Authority under PMLA in New Delhi on 19.01.2024. In March 2024, the ED took possession of two movable and nine immovable properties valued at approximately Rs. 2.4 crore, located in Ajmer, Jaipur, and Dungarpur.
As of now, the ED has arrested eight accused persons—Babulal Katara, Anil Kumar Meena, Bhupendra Saran, Suresh Kumar, Vijay Damore, Peeraram, Pukhraj, and Arun Sharma—under the PMLA, 2002 provisions. The Honorable Special Court (PMLA), Jaipur, also took cognizance of the Prosecution Complaint filed against three of the accused—Babulal Katara, Bhupendra Saran, and Anil Kumar Meena—on 24.01.2024. Further investigations into the GS papers money laundering case are ongoing.
