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Time of India
23-04-2025
- Time of India
Joint director under investigation in edu dept recruitment scam
Nagpur: An official of joint director rank in the education department, now posted in Mumbai, is under the scanner for involvement in the recruitment, posting, and promotion scam related to fake Shalarth IDs over a period of last five years. The scamsters, creating fake Shalarth IDs with bogus documents, fleeced the state coffers to the tune of crores of rupees, said police. On Wednesday, the Sadar police team under senior inspector Manish Thakare and Zonal DCP Rahul Madane conducted a search at a cyber cafe in Jaripatka, where the accused clerk Mahendra Mhaiskar used to create fake documents like experience certificates, proposals for recruitment, and postings along with promotions to teachers and assistant teachers. Around 68 files were found in one of the computer systems under the file name 'Mhaiskar', said a source, adding the cyber cafe owner identified Mhaiskar as the one who visited his outlet regularly. Sources said Mhaiskar used to visit the cafe late in the evening and created the fake documents with the help of the employees working at the outlet. Meanwhile, sources from Sadar police station said teams may soon leave for Mumbai to round up the joint director, who was posted in Bhandara when the scam unfurled around five years ago. Police said the then senior education department official was part of the nexus that created fake documents. The education officer from Bhandara later got promoted to joint director and moved to Mumbai. Apart from the joint director, another former zilla parishad education department official is also under the scanner for his role in ensuring the fake documents were regularised with official authorisation. Sources from Sadar police station said the joint director and the ZP official were the ones who also helped Bhandara headmaster Parag Pudke, who is now behind bars along with deputy director of education Ulhas Narad, Nilesh Meshram, Mhaiskar, Suraj Naik, and Sanjay Bodhadkar.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Time of India
RDX threat to Bombay HC Nagpur bench sparks scare, cops call it hoax Email from 'Madras Tiger' prompts 2.5 hrs search; similar threats in Aurangabad & Guwahati HCs
Nagpur: An email threatening to bomb the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court with RDX, triggered panic in the judicial premises on Tuesday morning for over two-and-half hours, before the bomb detection and disposal squad called it a hoax. The threat, purportedly from an entity calling itself 'Madras Tiger', was received at around 10am on the official email ID of the high court registrar. The message, written in English, warned of an impending bomb attack on the court, prompting security escalation. The registrar's office quickly alerted police, and the bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs were deployed. Simultaneous bomb threat emails were reportedly sent to the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court, Guwahati High Court and Kerala High Court, raising concerns over a coordinated attempt to disrupt judicial operations. Police sources confirmed the sender, operating under the alias 'Madras Tiger', appears to have no known connection to any pending litigation or court ruling. Investigators are trying to establish the identity of the individual or group behind the threat and whether the email is linked to a terror outfit. Cybercrime and anti-terrorism agencies have been roped in to assist in tracing the origin of the message. Earlier, Sadar police promptly launched a search operation. "With technical support and detection devices, our team carried out a sweep of the sprawling premises for more than two-and-half hours. No suspicious object was found, and the threat was later declared a hoax," inspector Manish Thakare told TOI. A seemingly suspicious bag containing a mobile phone was found, but was later identified as belonging to a lawyer who inadvertently left it behind. It was returned to him at the High Court police post. "Identifying the sender will take time as we need to retrieve the IP address from the email service provider. In an earlier case, a mentally unstable man issued a similar hoax and was swiftly arrested and jailed," he added. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Halley's of Opulence: Ultra Luxury Residences in Tardeo From ₹ 8.99 Cr*+ MICL - Halleys Of Opulence Book Now Undo As per senior officials from the registry, the Bombay High Court has its own disaster management committee in Mumbai. Administrative judges of Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Goa benches are part of this panel. "As soon as such threats are received, the first message goes to this committee. Simultaneously, the message is forwarded to local police stations and state and central investigation agencies, including Intelligence Bureau," they told TOI. This is not the first time the Nagpur bench was targeted. In October 2023, a judge received a direct threat letter by post, following an unfavourable ruling. More recently, in March 2025, an anonymous email claimed a bomb was planted in the court premises, which also turned out to be a false alarm. Officials reiterated that such threats are taken seriously, and comprehensive security protocols are activated in response, even if the threat proves to be unfounded.
