Special court of Bhopal has issued an arrest warrant against builder Raghavendra Singh Tomar. The court of Special Judge Dharmendra Tada has ordered Tomar to appear in the court on January 16, 2023. The case pertains to the ongoing money laundering case against the sacked IAS couple Joshi. ED (Enforcement Directorate) investigation revealed that Tomar also had links with the Joshi couple.
According to the information, Raghavendra Singh Tomar, runs Messrs Faith Cricket Club in Bhopal. ED's probe revealed that Tomar too had links with Joshi couple.
In March 2021, the ED attached assets worth about Rs 1.49 crore of the Joshi couple during the money laundering probe. The agency said a provisional order for attachment of a total of 32 properties such as agricultural land, plots and land was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Raghavendra Singh Tomar, the owner of Faith Builder, is basically a resident of Chheria village of Porsa tehsil of Morena district.
Retired IAS officer Arvind Joshi, who was sacked after finding benami assets worth Rs 350 crore in the Income Tax raid, has passed away. In the year 2010, his house was raided by the Income Tax team, then Rs 3.04 crore in cash was recovered from the house. His wife, IAS officer Tinu Joshi, was also made an accused in the case. The state government suspended both of them the very next day. Both were sacked in 2014 after a four-year investigation. This was the first time when the service of an IAS officer was terminated. Both were IAS officers of 1979 batch. Investigation was also going on against Arvind-Tinnu Joshi in the case of buying 200 acres of benami land. Later, the Lokayukta also took action against them.