Jal Jeevan Mission case: Rajasthan seeks LOC against retired IAS Subodh Agarwal
We have sent the requisition for LOC to immigration office in New Delhi. It is up to them when they will issue it: ACB Superintendent of Police.
A 1988-batch IAS officer, Subodh Agarwal retired on December 31, 2025 — days after the state government sanctioned his prosecution in the case. (File image) The Rajasthan government has sent a requisition to New Delhi for a Look Out Circular (LOC) against retired IAS Subodh Agarwal over alleged corruption in the Jal Jeevan Mission, the state police said.
Anti-Corruption Bureau Superintendent of Police Pushpendra Singh confirmed the development, which comes over a month after the state government sanctioned his prosecution in the case, which dates back to when the Congress was in power.
“We have sent the requisition for the LOC to the immigration office in New Delhi. Now, it is up to them when they will issue it. It is important to prevent him from leaving the country,” said Singh.
A Look Out Circular is a legal mechanism through which the government stops, detains or prevents an individual from leaving the country. An alert is sent to airports, seaports and land borders after an LOC is issued to prevent the person from leaving India.
A 1988-batch IAS officer, Agarwal retired on December 31, 2025, days after the state government sanctioned his prosecution in the case. Agarwal served as additional chief secretary of the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED).
The alleged scam involves tenders worth Rs 960 crore. According to investigators, two firms allegedly secured tenders by submitting forged completion certificates.
Earlier this week, nine senior officials were arrested following early-morning raids across multiple locations in Rajasthan and Delhi. On Wednesday, all nine suspects were remanded in police custody for three days for further investigation.
Four others have secured no-coercive-action orders from the Rajasthan High Court, meaning police cannot take punitive action while their case is pending.
In December, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Mahesh Joshi, a Congress leader who was the PHED minister at the time of the alleged scam, seven months after he was arrested in the case.
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