Overview
- The Economic Offences Wing filed a charge sheet against Purushottam Chavan for allegedly duping a Surat textile trader with a bogus contract to supply T-shirts and hoodies to the Maharashtra Police Academy.
- IPS officer Rashmi Karandikar submitted a written statement asserting she had no role in her husband's dealings, said her accounts were misused without consent, and confirmed she has sought divorce.
- Investigators say Chavan used the photograph and biometric data of deceased victim Balubhai Bhadani to impersonate a government revenue officer and generate forged property documents across multiple Mumbai-area locations.
- The probe uncovered fake municipal letterheads, fictitious Police Academy posts, and forged signatures, with handwriting samples seized and Chavan acknowledging he signed some seized papers.
- The Enforcement Directorate is conducting a parallel probe into an alleged Rs 263 crore fraud, and earlier FIRs accuse Chavan of separate government‑quota flats scams, including a Rs 24.78 crore case.