The Charkop police have booked the director of a private software training institute for allegedly cheating around 14 students enrolled at his centre after promising assured placements at a Pune infotech company. The accused identified as Ashish Shivalkar is the director of Shivalkars Infotech Pvt Ltd and has been booked under section 420 (cheating) of the IPC based on a complaint of a student's mother.

Shivalkar had engaged the students to pursue a Certified IT Professional graduation course at his centre. Uma Alvi, the complainant, stated that her son enrolled in the institute in 2014 after completing his diploma in Computer Engineering. "We received a leaflet with a newspaper and I was impressed with the advertisement which stated Shivalkar was a holder of a masters degree in IT. Thus we visited the institute at Mahavir Nagar in Kandivli west and inquired about the courses," said Uma, a retired inspector at the Income Tax department.