ED summons Govind Singh Dotasra’s 2 sons in connection with REET exam paper leak case

Apart from Dotasra, the ED had conducted raids on properties linked to Independent MLA Om Prakash Hudla who has been fielded by the Congress party this time in the Rajasthan Assembly elections. While there was no official statement from the ED, the raids on Dotasra and Hudla were in connection with the 2021 Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers (REET) paper leaks. This was the first time that raids were conducted on the two.

A day after the raids, Dotasra had said ED officials did not ask him a single question or take his statement. He had said that they did not take away even Re 1 or find any illegal document. All that they seized was his and his sons’ phones, and took away the email in a pen drive.

He said the ED came to search his house in connection with the paper leak case but “the search warrant was in the name of my son Avinash Dotasra, who is an Accounts Officer”. Apart from Dotasra’s Jaipur and Sikar residences and his political office, he said the ED also searched the residence of his two sons who live on the same premises.

He said people keep linking him and his family to Kalam Academy — a coaching institute which was raided by the ED in connection with the paper leaks earlier — but neither he nor his sons nor any of his family members and relatives have any connection with the institute. He added the ED could not find any document or evidence for the same. The ED had raided Kalam Academy in Sikar in August. Sikar is Dotasra hometown and his Assembly constituency of Laxmangarh also falls under Sikar district.

Terming the raids a part of an undeclared Emergency, he had said that the aim is to create an environment “where we are not able to focus on the election and get engaged in all this, while the people – the party workers and the family members — around us become scared and maintain their distance.”

Along with REET, the ED has conducted several raids in connection with the Senior Teacher Grade II Paper Leak Case and arrested some people and seized cash and documents.