Jaipur : Enforcement Directorate (ED) Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test (Reet) 2021 arrested the owner of a private school in Jaipur on Wednesday as part of his money laundering probe in connection with the alleged leak of question paper. Official sources said that Ramkripal Meena was taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and produced before a special court in Jaipur. The court remanded the accused 42 to ED custody till June. Ram Kripal Meena hatched a conspiracy

The Enforcement Directorate informed the court that Ramkripal Meena was one of the key persons who conspired and facilitated the leak of REET exam question paper . The ED also told the court that he had colluded with others to collect the proceeds of crime and convert them into white money. It is alleged that Ramkripal Meena (out of five crore rupees) about 1.02 crore Rupee converted black money into white.

)Deputy District Coordinator was appointed Ramkripal Meena

According to media reports Ramkripal Meena is the owner of a private school in Jaipur. Retired Professor Pradeep Parashar appointed him as Deputy District Coordinator of Jaipur for REET along with three others. The ED, while seeking Meena’s custody, told the court that Parashar was appointed by the Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE), Ajmer as the district coordinator for the said examination.

The question paper was stolen from the strong roomInvestigation agency claimed that Ramkripal Meena, in connivance with Parashar, leaked the question paper along with (another accused) Udaram Bishnoi for the greed of Rs 5 crore deal to do. ED alleges that the question paper of REET was modified by Ramkripal Meena Stolen from the ‘strong room’ of Jaipur’s education complex on the night of September . The central agency said its investigation revealed that as per RBSE rules, the question paper was supposed to be kept in the treasury or sub-treasury or any police station in the district, but this direction was “not followed” in Jaipur. The ED alleged that Bishnoi took money from various candidates with the help of middlemen and handed over the question papers to them.

people arrested so far

The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Rajasthan Police, including Ramkripal Meena, retired professor Pradeep Parashar and Udaram Bishnoi, total people have been arrested and three charge sheets have been filed against them. The ED had sought Meena’s custody to ascertain the modus operandi of the alleged question paper leak and to interrogate Meena by showing various documents of immovable properties. The agency had raided its premises in Jaipur on Tuesday in which these documents were found. The ED told the court that Meena needed to be interrogated in custody to find out from whom she had taken the money and who were involved in receiving the money.