Accused Pooja Bhalerao

One woman appears to have taken the entire Local Arms Unit of the Mumbai Police for a ride after it was revealed that she stole the rewards money meant for over 500 top performing officers. The accused, Pooja Bhalerao, who works as a senior clerk with the police department, was responsible for dispensing the cash rewards when she was posted at Naigaon police headquarters between 2012 and 2016. Bhalerao is said to have accumulated over R1.39 lakh during her tenure, by transferring reward sums into her own account.