PALI – The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has officially registered a case against an E-Mitra operator in Rajasthan’s Pali district for allegedly embezzling over ₹68.73 lakh collected from consumers as electricity bill payments. The action against the accused, identified as Kundan Singh, comes following a direct intervention by the Rajasthan High Court, which transferred the investigation to the specialized anti-graft agency.
The Modus Operandi
Kundan Singh, the proprietor of ‘M/s Om Collection Center,’ reportedly operated across the Sumerpur region, organizing collection camps at the Panchayat Samiti premises and various rural locations. Investigations revealed that Singh collected electricity bills from a total of 2,776 consumers. While he applied a “Paid” stamp on the physical bills of the consumers to gain their trust, he allegedly failed to record these transactions on the official E-Mitra portal. Instead of depositing the funds into the government treasury, the accused is alleged to have siphoned off the entire amount in collusion with unidentified associates.
High Court Intervention and Legal Shift
The scam originally came to light following a complaint by Bharat Kumar, a Commercial Assistant at the Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JdVVNL) in Sumerpur. An initial FIR (No. 164/23) was lodged at the Sumerpur police station in 2023. However, considering the scale of the embezzlement and the nature of the corruption, the Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court issued an order on November 13, 2025, directing the case to be handed over to the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
New FIR and Escalated Probe
Following the court’s mandate and orders from the ACB Headquarters in Jaipur, SP Piyush Dixit registered a fresh FIR (0114/2026) on May 7, 2026. The accused has been booked under multiple stringent sections:
- Prevention of Corruption Act (Amended 2018): Sections 7(c), 13(1)(a), and 13(2).
- Indian Penal Code (IPC): Sections 409 (Criminal breach of trust by public servant), 420 (Cheating), and 120-B (Criminal conspiracy).
The investigation has been formally assigned to Khiwn Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police (ACB Pali-II). The bureau is now looking into the potential involvement of other departmental officials who may have facilitated the long-running embezzlement or ignored the discrepancies in the collection records.
