Rajasthan: Former Congress minister Mahesh Joshi arrested in alleged Jal Jeevan Mission scam

The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday arrested Congress leader and former minister Mahesh Joshi in a case pertaining to the alleged misappropriation of funds meant for the Union government’s safe water scheme, PTI reported.

A special investigation team from the anti-corruption bureau arrested Joshi from his Jaipur home early on Thursday morning.

Joshi was the public health engineering department minister in Rajasthan during the Ashok Gehlot government, which lost power in December 2023.