08 May,2026 09:49 AM IST | Jaipur | Agencies
ACB arrests former minister Mahesh Joshi. PIC/PTI
Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested former minister Mahesh Joshi from his Jaipur residence in connection with the alleged Rs 900-crore Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scam.
The arrest was made a month after retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal was arrested.
Joshi, who was the Public Health Engineering Department minister during the former Congress government, was produced before a court and remanded to police custody till May 11.
He is accused of misusing his position as the PHED minister and accepting bribes in exchange for tenders.
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