{
  "id": 17367127,
  "title": "After Rajasthan IAS officer, IPS wife removed from post amid corruption probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/after-rajasthan-ias-officer-ips-wife-removed-from-post-amid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T08:24:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rajasthan-ias-officer-shikhar-agrawal-ips-wife-prashakha-mathur-removed-corruption-probe-10944694/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rajasthan's government has initiated an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigation into senior IAS officer Shikhar Agrawal following allegations of collusion with a private firm. This comes a day after the state approved the probe. Agrawal's wife, IPS officer Prashakha Mathur, was placed on Awaiting Posting Order (APO) under unspecified administrative reasons. The ACB alleges that Agrawal colluded with the firm, abusing his position to confer undue benefits on himself and the company, causing significant financial loss to the state. The bureau claims Agrawal facilitated benefits for the firm, including relaxed construction conditions, approvals without proper certificates, and concessional financial packages. Allegations further suggest Agrawal purchased 40 villas at the firm's resorts in Bujhda and Ajabgarh for below-market prices, allegedly in his and his family's names. Agrawal, who has been on leave since the allegations surfaced, did not comment. Critics, including former CM Ashok Gehlot, have called for central agency investigations into the allegations, describing them as a major scandal during the current government.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Rajasthan government launches ACB probe into IAS officer Shikhar Agrawal",
    "Wife IPS officer Prashakha Mathur placed on APO amid corruption allegations",
    "Agrawal allegedly colluded to benefit private firm, causing financial loss"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The simultaneous investigation into a senior official and the administrative removal of his spouse signal an intensifying crackdown on alleged systemic collusion between state bureaucrats and private enterprises.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}