Pune: Man gets marijuana planted in social worker's car to take revenge

A criminal conspiracy to implicate a Punebased social worker in a drug case went up in smoke after cops became suspicious of the informer who tipped them off about the location of the marijuanaAs per a report in Pune Mirror It turns out a developer accused of a Rs 118crore construction fraud by the same social worker had gotten the drugs placed in his car without his knowledge by two historysheeters as an act of revengeAlso ReadPune Crime 3 arrested for assaulting doctor while visiting patient at Sassoon hospitalAfter getting an anonymous call about the drugs from one of these criminals Vishrantwadi police had last Friday laid a trap for social worker Kashinath Jadhav 45 and detained him and also seized 2 kg marijuana from his carAlso ReadPune Crime Rs 67 lakh cash stolen from builders house during renovationA day later after probing the case further cops booked the trio behind the false case including the developer and an informant who told them about the vehiclersquos location and contents The alleged main conspirator is developer Kishor Patil an exarmyman who started a construction business after retirement Since cops unmasked the plot Patil has been on the run Police also arrested Mitu Sonawane and Kishor Mote both residents of Bhimnagar in VishrantwadiIn August this year Jadhav and 10 of his neighbours at Sainik Residency in Vishrantwadi had filed a cheating and forgery case against Patil for selling flats and shops using fake documents and stamps of Pune Municipal Corporation PMC related to construction work A threestoreyed building had been constructed there in 2013 despite PMC not having given permission for itOn August 21 Khadki police arrested Patil following a first information report FIR lodged by Jadhav and the other residents Two months down the line Patil was released on bail by the sessions court In order to take revenge cops claimed Patil then hatched a criminal conspiracy to implicate Jadhav in a false drug caseHe sought the help of arrested accused Sonawane and Mote mdash the duo had the responsibility of keeping the ganja bags in Jadhavrsquos car They had already observed that one of the car doors had a broken lock which they took advantage ofAs per the plan Sonawane thereafter anonymously informed Vishrantwadi police on November 20 that ganja is being transported in Jadhavrsquos carJadhav and his driver were on the way to his home when cops stopped the car at Bopkhel Chowk During the search of the vehicle police found the marijuana worth Rs 330 lakh hidden in the car trunkWhen they checked the social workerrsquos background their instinct told them that Jadhav may have been implicated in a false case Police got suspicious about Sonawanersquos activities as he had called them twice to check on the status of the caseWhen they checked his call details Motersquos involvement was revealed mdash and further cops realised that they are both criminals on record of Vishrantwadi police station Finally during their interrogation the duo confessed about the entire conspiracy hatched by PatilDeputy commissioner of police zone 4 Pankaj Deshmukh said ldquoAccused Patil has been absconding since we booked him The quantity that we seized is huge and it is not possible for a common person to make it available So we need to investigate whether Patil works as a drug peddler We suspected a conspiracy when we verified Jadhavrsquos background Then we checked call details from where we received the tipoff Surprisingly we found that the informer was continuously keeping an eye on our activities We have booked the trio under section 120B criminal conspiracy of the Indian Penal Code IPC and relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances ActrdquoJadhav has been running the Jeevan Adhar charitable trust in Kalas Vishrantwadi since 2013 his wife and two children also help him with it The trust works for the education of speciallyabled young ones between the age group of six and 20 yearsAbout his close shave Jadhav said ldquoI work for the society and do not have a single criminal case against me This was a plan to spoil my life just to take revenge for the fraud that I had brought to light I was shocked to see the huge amount of marijuana in my car It was packed very well and kept hidden so that the smell would not spread The conspiracy was revealed just because of the efforts taken by the policerdquoKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news