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Rajasthan Appoints 9,000 Constables as Shah Claims Paper-Leak Era Over, Cybercrime Centre Announced

Officials cast the cohort as the first under new criminal laws, citing lower crime alongside higher prosecution rates.

Overview

  • Appointment letters were distributed to nearly 9,000 recruits, including more than 2,500 women, at the Rajasthan Police Academy in Jaipur.
  • Amit Shah said the 2025 recruitment used technology to ensure transparent, merit-based hiring without payments or recommendations.
  • Shah claimed overall crime fell 14% over two years, with declines in dacoities by 47%, loots by 51%, murders by 25%, attempts to murder by 19%, crimes against women by 10%, and SC/ST offences by 28%.
  • He said the prosecution rate rose from 41% to 60% after three new criminal laws, with this cohort the first to join under those statutes and a stated goal of reaching 85%.
  • Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma announced a Rajasthan Cyber Crime Coordination Centre modeled on the national I4C to centralize coordination, information sharing and research on cyber offences.