The Pune police have registered a case against IPS officer Bhagyashree Navtake, who previously led the investigation into a Rs 1,200 crore scam involving a credit cooperative society, charging her with forgery and criminal conspiracy, an officer said on Wednesday.
A case was filed against Navtake, based on a CID report that pointed out procedural lapses in the scam investigation, along with other unidentified individuals, as directed by the Maharashtra Home Department.
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Navtake, who led the Special Investigation Team as DCP (Economic Offence Wing) in 2021-22, was tasked with investigating cases related to the alleged scam involving the Bhaichand Hirachand Raisoni Credit Society in Pune district.
According to a city official,” The CID (Crime Investigation Department) conducted a probe into the investigation related to the alleged Bhaichand Hirachand Raisoni (BHR) scam. The CID submitted a report detailing its observations and findings to the state home department.”
He said the state home department directed the Pune Police to register a case based on the CID report.
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“Following the orders from the home department, an offence has been registered against Bhagyashree Navtake who headed the SIT formed to probe the cases filed in the BHR scam,” the officer said, PTI reported.
He mentioned that the CID investigation identified procedural lapses in how Navtake handled scam cases.
Navtake was charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 466 (forgery of court or public records), 474 (possession of forged documents), and 201 (destruction of evidence).
“Three different cases were registered under one crime in a single day, which is a procedural lapse and forgery. In two instances, the complainant was not even present when the cases were being registered. The complainant’s signatures were found (on documents) even though he was not present while registering the FIRs,” the police officer said.
Navtake is currently serving as the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) superintendent in Chandrapur. The scam, which dates back to 2015, involved the alleged cheating of numerous people by promising attractive interest rates on fixed deposits.