CBI raids RCA Secretary Sanjay Dixit's home and office

CBI today raided residence of senior IAS Officer and Secretary of Rajasthan Cricket Association, Sanjay Dixit at Jaipur. The search operations at Dixit's residence at Jaipur and Lucknow started simultaneously in the morning. Earlier, the Rajasthan High Court ordered CBI to start probe against Dixit in the matter of issuing a passport to a criminal. Dixit had issued a letter of verification in favour of this person to Jaipur Passport Office a few years ago.

The raids were conducted at five places, three in Jaipur, one in Todaraisingh in Rajasthan's Tonk district, and in Lucknow, a CBI official said. A team of 35 sleuths led by CBI superintendent of Police RD Kallia conducted the searches. Dixit, who is the director of Horticulture Department and secretary of Rajasthan Tennis Association also, allegedly used his office for verifying the certificate of the history sheeter for securing the latter's passport in July 2007. Ranjeet was nabbed at the Delhi airport the same year when he was trying to leave the country, the official said.