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Monday, August 3, 2026

Whistleblower AAP leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja arrested in Gujarat - The Hindu

Gujarat Police arrested the paper leak scam whistleblower and AAP leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja for allegedly accepting 1 crore from the accused in recently busted dummy candidates in recruitment exams scam.

A prominent whistleblower, Mr. Jadeja exposed several scams of paper leaks in the recruitment exams conducted by the various agencies of the State. His exposé led to the scrapping of exams and arrests of people involved in leaking the exam papers or rigging the recruitment process.

Now, the Police have charged him and his relatives and others with extortion and criminal conspiracy in the scam in which imposters were used in the recruitment and board exams in Bhavnagar district. Incidentally, it was Yuvrajsinh who had exposed the dummy candidate or imposters scam in which he has also been made an accused.

“Yuvrajsinh Jadeja was arrested late last night after a long interrogation. A few others also have been arrested,” a Police official from Bhavnagar said.

The Police on Friday lodged an FIR booking the whistleblower leader and others for extortion and criminal conspiracy.

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The Police in the FIR stated that Mr. Jadeja received 1 crore from two persons by not disclosing their names in the dummy candidate scam.

“He took 45 lakh from one candidate and 55 lakh from another,” the FIR stated, giving details of the alleged transactions for not exposing the two candidates.

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