Overview
- The FIRs name Kailas (Kailash) Kirtane and Yogesh Patankar, with cases registered under IPC sections 420, 406, 294, 506 and 34.
- In one case, retired Godrej employee Dilip Hoval allegedly paid about Rs 45.5 lakh from 2019 to 2021 for promised PWD clerical and peon posts that never materialised.
- In the second case, Jeetendra Thokale allegedly paid Rs 30 lakh between January and August 2023 for a subsidised MHADA flat purportedly available under a special scheme for cancer patients.
- Police reports say the accused built credibility by arranging meetings at Mantralaya and by claiming ties to senior offices, including the deputy chief minister’s office.
- Complainants told police they were abused or threatened when they sought refunds, and investigators say inquiries are ongoing with no arrests publicly reported.