Jaipur, February 18 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has sent a request to issue a lookout notice against retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal in connection with alleged irregularities amounting to Rs 900 crore in the tender process of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), officials said on Wednesday.
ACB Deputy Inspector General Dr Rameshwar Singh said the request was forwarded to the Bureau of Immigration amid concerns that Agarwal might attempt to flee the country.
He said teams are also searching for absconding Superintending Engineer Jitendra Sharma, former Superintending Engineer Mukesh Goyal, and a private individual named Sanjeev Gupta.
The ACB arrested nine people, including senior engineers and retired officials, on Tuesday in connection with the alleged multi-crore corruption case.
Singh said a special investigation team (SIT) is questioning the arrested individuals regarding the alleged irregularities in the tender process under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
Subodh Agarwal served as Additional Chief Secretary of the Public Health and Engineering Department when the alleged scam took place. Two private firms allegedly secured tenders by submitting forged completion certificates, officials said.
The ACB raided Agarwal's residence on February 17 but did not find him.
Meanwhile, the ACB produced the other accused before a court, which remanded them to three days' police custody on Wednesday.
Those remanded include Dinesh Goyal, Chief Engineer (Administration), Jaipur; K D Gupta, Chief Engineer (Rural); Subhanshu Dixit, Additional Chief Engineer (Jaipur Region-II); Sushil Sharma, Financial Advisor (Renewable Energy); Niril Kumar, Chief Engineer, Churu; suspended Executive Engineer Vishal Saxena; retired Additional Chief Engineer Arun Srivastava; retired Chief Engineer and Technical Member Dilip Kumar Gaur; retired Superintending Engineer Mahendra Prakash Soni; and alleged middleman Mukesh Pathak.