Mumbai: Crime Branch files 4,700 page charge sheet in IPS transfer scam

The accused approached policemen right from the rank of constable to DCP with the offer of a plum posting to their preferred location Representational ImageThe Mumbai Crime Branch which submitted a 4700page charge sheet in the IPS transfer scam before the Esplanade Magistrate Court last month has found that the accused had not only contacted Solapur IPS officers and promised them transfer to their preferred location but also eight police officers from Pune and Mumbai These policemen have now been made witnesses in the case along with the 86 othersOn May 31 the crime branch had unearthed the scam and arrested six people who had promised several officers desired postings The accused mdash Vidyasagar Hirmukhe 47 Vishal Omble 40 Ravindra Singh Yadav alias Sharma 51 Kishore Mali 38 Kamlesh Kanade 29 and Ritesh alias Chandrakant Rakhunde 39 mdash were picked up from Sahara Star hotel following a complaint by a DCP posted in Solapur All the accused except Kanade are in jail custodyAlso readMumbai Crime 4 held for duping IAS and IPS officers with false promisesBustedThe complainant in the case Namdev Chavan said in his statement that Mali had visited him at his residence in Solapur and offered a transfer to Mumbai Chavan had told him that he preferred Navi Mumbai as his family was there After that Chavan had applied for leave and come home On Malis call he had then visited him at Sahara Star hotel in Vile Parle where he was introduced to SharmaAs per his statement Sharma said he had good contacts in the central government which could be used for getting the transfer During the second meeting in May I was waiting in the hotel lobby for an hour when Mali showed up and asked me to wait more My suspicion was raised and I informed ACP Vinay Kulkarni and senior inspector Pandharinath Wavhal after spotting them thereKulkarni and Wavhal had then gone to Malis room and found him Sharma Omble and Hirmukhe in talks and detained them Their interrogation revealed that they had been involved in cheating many government officials including IPS and police officersMore offersDCP Ashok Dhudhe currently posted with Mumbai City traffic division in his statement said the accused offered him a posting in the department of his choice in Pune and Navi Mumbai and Rakhunde even assured 100 per cent results They refused to believe that postings cant be bought in the department Dudhe said in the statementSpecial Inspector General of Police Central Prison Pune Vithhal Jadhav said he was also approached by Mali I refused his offer and told him that I had recently taken charge of the prison department in Pune he said in his statementAlso readNavi Mumbai police arrests 17 for Ponzi racketAnother inspector Harshvardhan Gund from Mumbai Crime Branch claimed in his statement that hed met Mali through a relative Mali had made him the same offer eight months ago in Thane before his arrest telling him that he could help him to get posted at any police station in Palghar for Rs 25 lakh Gund said he too declined the offerThe other four officers the accused approached are constables Sunil Kasbe and Nitin Gosavi Nashik Assistant Police Inspector API Deepak Jadhav posted at Gadchiroli and API Umesh Sakpal from the narcotics division Worli who was offered a flat in police quartersRs 25 lakh Amount the accused asked from a cop for a postingYou may also like to readThe big Mira Road call centre scam What we know so far