HT reports a Jaipur court has asked the Rajasthan Police to investigate the role of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and his family members in the Rs 884 crore Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society scam.
The petition in the court was filed by residents of Barmer, who along with some 50,000 other people, invested huge amounts of money in Sanjivani Cooperative Society.
The head of Sanjivani Cooperative Society, Vikram Singh, had been arrested already in September last year on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud.
Meanwhile, Sekhawat has been accused of trying to topple the Gehlot govt in Rajasthan. However,the union minister has as yet to comment on charges being levelled against him.