Jaipur, April 16 -- Former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Subodh Agarwal on Wednesday was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a special court for corruption cases (Jaipur) in connection with Rs.960 crore irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. Agarwal's counsel, advocate Sahajveer Baweja, said, "Agarwal was sent for a three-day remand on Friday for interrogation after the ACB arrested him from New Delhi on April 10. The court also granted a further two-day extension for police custody on Monday that ended on Wednesday. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) further asked for two-day remand, which was rejected. The court sent him for 14-day judicial custody. Now we will move the bail application during the next hearing." "Meanwhile, we have also sought a special security cell for him given his long-term service to the state and a threat to life from non-state actors. The court asked the jail authority to provide required security to him as per the norms of the jail," said Baweja. During the hearing, Agarwal also informed the court that he responded to all the questions asked by the ACB. "He told the judge that the ACB is deliberately misleading the media saying he is not cooperating. The court said the matter will be looked into." During the last hearing on Monday, Agarwal also requested the court to launch a probe against former chief secretary Sudhansh Pant. "He told the court that he only released the tenders that Pant had already approved during his tenure in PHED. So a probe must be launched against him that ACB hasn't done yet," said Baweja. On April 10, the ACB arrested Agarwal from Delhi after he was allegedly on the run for nearly 50 days in connection with the Rs.960 crore irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme in the state. According to officials, Agarwal had deliberately not taken any action despite being aware that some fake certificates were attached to bypass the tender process. "Had he taken any action timely, those tenders could have been issued to some better eligible firms. But he deliberately sat on the entire scam and provided undue benefits to some specific firms. These tenders cost around Rs.960 crore," said the ACB officer. He also added that Agarwal had allegedly attached an additional condition to a few more tenders to increase their prices. "Those tenders cost around Rs.50 crore. Agarwal attached an additional term of a site inspection during the application for those tenders. It revealed the identity of the applicants and increased the price unfairly. This is how he provided many undue favours to some firms misusing his post," he said....