30-05-2025
Clerk at govt school among 3 held in jail-to-hotel case
Jaipur: City police Thursday arrested three persons, including an upper division clerk (UDC) posted at a govt school, in connection with the case in which four Jaipur Central Jail inmates were last week found at hotels instead of SMS Hospital after being granted medical referrals.
SHO (Lal Kothi) Banna Lal said identified the arrested persons as Hanuman Sahai Meena (25), the UDC, Shambhu Dayal (52), and Rahul Meena. All three are accused of helping route money for jail inmate Anandi Lal, who allegedly arranged forged medical referral slips.
Police said Anandi Lal was working as an assistant at the jail dispensary and used his access to get fake referral slips issued. Investigations showed that four inmates paid Rs 20,000 each to Anandi through online transfers.
"The inamtes made payments to Anandi's father Shambhu Dayal and his two friends Hanuman and Rahul," an officer said.'
Police said records show a series of digital transactions linked to the three accused, suggesting that the arrangement may have been running for several months.
On May 24 morning, four inmates—Ankit Bansal, Karan Gupta, Rafiq, and Bhanwar—complained of minor ailments such as headaches, stomach aches, and leg pain. These complaints, officials noted, were non-serious and could easily have been treated at the jail's dispensary.
