Jal Jeevan Mission Scam: Retired IAS Subodh Agarwal Under ACB Scanner

• ACB's SIT team raided 15 locations including Jaipur, Barmer, Delhi, Sikar, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Jalore in connection with the Jal Jeevan Mission scam.
• Raids are targeting potential hideouts of retired IAS Subodh Agarwal and premises of approximately 15 accused.
• Several individuals including KD Gupta, Niril Kumar, Sushil Sharma, DK Gaur, Mahendra Soni, Vishal Saxena, Dinesh Goyal, Shubhanshu Dixit, and Arun Srivastava have been taken into custody for interrogation.
• Subodh Agarwal, a highly regarded and efficient officer, is facing corruption allegations just months before his retirement.
• The scam involves irregularities in tenders for the Jal Jeevan Mission during his tenure as Additional Chief Secretary of PHED under the Ashok Gehlot government.