A Sub-Inspector and a constable posted at Malwani police station have been dismissed from the service after a probe found them guilty of involvement in a fake currency racket. PSI Anil Sonawane, the main accused in the case, and Constable David Bansode had allegedly duped a Gujarat-based businessman of Rs 13 lakh. Police sub inspector (PSI) Sonawane, who was famously known as Singham in the police department, is absconding since August 2020, when the case was registered. mid-day reported about their involvement in the scam in a report on September 7, 2020.

Additional Commissioner of Police, North Region, Pravin Padwal dismissed both the Sonawane and Bansode last week. During the investigation, police also found out that Sonawane had not completed the investigation in around 19 cases, eight special cases and 27 Accidental Death Reports between 2017 and 2019. Malwani police had earlier traced him to his village in Dhule, from where he had escaped with his father.