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Rajasthan: CBI raids the house of Chief Minister Gehlot’s brother, action on potash scam

June 17, 2022
Bharat Times

News Desk, Amar Ujala, Jaipur

Published by: Roma Ragini
Updated Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:38 AM IST

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CBI raids the house of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s brother Agrasen Gehlot. Earlier, ED had raided the house of Agrasen Gehlot. This action of CBI is being linked to the protest being done by Ashok Gehlot in Delhi for Rahul Gandhi.

According to media reports, the CBI team reached the house of CM Gehlot’s brother Agrasen Gehlot on Friday morning. In this team, five officers are from Delhi and five officers are from Jodhpur. At present, the team members are engaged in the investigation. While Agrasen Gehlot is at home. A team of CBI has also reached his shop located in Pawta.

According to the information, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had exposed the potash scam in 2012-13. According to the ED, Agrasen Gehlot’s company Anupam Krishi was involved in the export of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer despite the ban on its export. Indian Potash Limited (IPL) exports the MOP and sells it on subsidy to the farmers. Agrasen Gehlot was an authorized dealer of IPL. Between 2007 and 2009, his company bought MOP at a subsidy rate. Instead of selling it to the farmers, it was sold to another company for profit. Those companies took the MOP to Malaysia and Singapore in the name of industrial salt.

The investigation of this case is pending in the ED. In this case, the customs department had also imposed a penalty of about Rs 5.46 crore on Agrasen’s company.

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CBI raids the house of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s brother Agrasen Gehlot. Earlier, ED had raided the house of Agrasen Gehlot. This action of CBI is being linked to the protest being done by Ashok Gehlot in Delhi for Rahul Gandhi.

According to media reports, the CBI team reached the house of CM Gehlot’s brother Agrasen Gehlot on Friday morning. In this team, five officers are from Delhi and five officers are from Jodhpur. At present, the team members are engaged in the investigation. While Agrasen Gehlot is at home. A team of CBI has also reached his shop located in Pawta.


According to the information, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had exposed the potash scam in 2012-13. According to the ED, Agrasen Gehlot’s company Anupam Krishi was involved in the export of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer despite the ban on its export. Indian Potash Limited (IPL) exports the MOP and sells it on subsidy to the farmers. Agrasen Gehlot was an authorized dealer of IPL. Between 2007 and 2009, his company bought MOP at a subsidy rate. Instead of selling it to the farmers, it was sold to another company for profit. Those companies took the MOP to Malaysia and Singapore in the name of industrial salt.

The investigation of this case is pending in the ED. In this case, the customs department had also imposed a penalty of about Rs 5.46 crore on Agrasen’s company.