The Rajasthan High Court recently granted interim relief to Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society case and ordered a stay on his arrest, media reports say.
The minister had filed a criminal miscellaneous petition seeking relief in the matter although he is not mentioned as an accused in the FIR registered in connection with the alleged scam of more than Rs 900 crore. The Rajasthan Special Operations Group is investigating the case.
Shekhawat had moved a petition for quashing the FIR in the case and transferring the probe to the CBI. It is worth mentioning that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had accused Sekhawat and his family of being involved in misappropriation of depositors’ money in the name of huge return on their deposits.