India, Oct. 31 -- The Rajasthan government on Saturday placed IPS officer Prashakha Mathur, wife of senior IAS officer Shikhar Agarwal, on awaiting posting orders (APO) amid an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) inquiry into alleged property purchases by the officer and his family at prices substantially below market rates.

The personnel department issued the order removing Mathur from the post of additional director general of police, planning, modernisation and welfare, which she had held since October 24, 2025. The action followed Agarwal's removal from all his posts and placement on APO on October 29.

On Friday, the state government approved a detailed ACB investigation into allegations that Agarwal, a 1993-batch Rajasthan-cadre IAS offic...