For nearly six years, the wife of a senior Rajasthan government official allegedly earned Rs 1.6 lakh a month and received regular performance appraisals. That is, until investigators found that though she was “employed” by two companies, there was allegedly no proof of actual work, and the payments were kickbacks for her husband.

The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has filed a case against two senior information technology department officials for allegedly misusing their positions and taking bribes through the fake employment scheme involving one official’s wife. The officials are alleged to have made at least Rs 90 lakh in kickbacks.

The FIR, based on a complaint by advocate T N Sharma, accuses Pradyuman Dixit, joint director in the Department of Information Technology and Comm

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