Pune: Police have filed a case of criminal conspiracy, creating false records and forgery, among other charges, against IPS officer Bhagyashree Navtake in relation to the probe into the alleged Rs1,200-crore economic fraud by Jalgaon-based Bhaichand Hirachand Raisoni cooperative credit society, which also had an office in the city. Several investors across the state said they were cheated by the society that had promised them handsome returns. After the fraud came to light, state govt had put the society under a liquidator.
It is alleged that under the liquidator, there was misappropriation of Rs 160 crore. Navtake — now posted as commandant of State Reserve Police Force in Chandrapur — was then deputy commissioner of police, economic offence and cyber, with the Pune police , and headed an SIT to investigate the fraud. She is accused of registering three back-to-back cases within 24 hours on Nov 15, 2020, against some of the society’s office-bearers with the Deccan, Alandi and Shikrapur police stations.
When contacted, Navtake told TOI, “I am bound by my service rules and cannot comment on the issue for now.” We also published the following articles recently Forgery case filed against IPS officer who led probe into Rs1,200-crore fraud Pune police have charged IPS officer Bhagyashree Navtake with criminal conspiracy and forgery in the Rs 1,200-crore fraud by BHR cooperative credit society. Navtake, who led the investigation, is alleged to have improperly registered c.