Gujarat Police arrested the paper leak scam whistleblower Yuvrajsinh Jadeja for allegedly accepting ₹1 crore from the accused in recently busted dummy candidates in recruitment exams scam.
It was Jadeja who had exposed the dummy candidate or imposters scam in which he has also been made an accused.
Jadeja, who is also the AAP leader, exposed several scams of paper leaks in the recruitment exams conducted by the various agencies of the Gujarat BJP government. His expose led to the scrapping of exams and arrests of people involved in leaking the exam papers or rigging the recruitment process, The Hindu reported.
The Police on Friday lodged an FIR booking the whistleblower leader and others for extortion and criminal conspiracy.
The Police in the FIR stated that Jadeja received ₹1 crore from two persons by not disclosing their names in the dummy candidate scam.
“He took ₹45 lakh from one candidate and ₹55 lakh from another,” read the FIR, giving details of the alleged transactions for not exposing the two candidates.
The AAP and Gujarat Congress leaders have criticized the State Government, accusing them of trying to stifle Jadeja’s voice by arresting him. They believe that Jadeja, who has been instrumental in exposing the paper leaks and corruption in the recruitment exams, is being targeted to prevent him from speaking out.
