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Rajasthan Official's Wife Pocketed Rs 37.5 Lakh in Fake Salaries
28 Oct
Summary
- Rajasthan official got his wife enrolled in two private firms where she never worked
- Wife received Rs 1.6 lakh monthly salary for 5 years, totaling Rs 37.54 lakh
- Official himself authorized the salary payments as his wife's "supervisor"
On October 17, 2025, the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) uncovered a major corruption scandal involving a senior government official. The investigation revealed that Pradyuman Dixit, a Joint Director in the Department of Information Technology and Communications, had managed to get his wife Poonam Dixit enrolled in two private companies, AurionPro Solutions Ltd and Trigent Software Pvt Ltd, where she never actually worked.
However, over the course of 5 years, from January 2019 to September 2020, Poonam Dixit continued to receive a monthly salary of Rs 1.6 lakh from these companies, totaling a staggering Rs 37.54 lakh. The shocking part is that Pradyuman Dixit himself had allegedly authorized these salary payments, acting as his wife's fake supervisor.
The ACB's probe also found that Pradyuman had favored one of the companies, AurionPro, in the awarding of government contracts. The scandal deepened further with the involvement of Rakesh Kumar, a Deputy Director in the same department, who is accused of helping cover up the fraud.
Following a confidential complaint, the ACB launched a full-scale investigation, which led to the registration of an FIR on October 17, 2025. The Rajasthan High Court had earlier directed the ACB to investigate the matter in September 2024.
