Raigadh: Mukesh Nande, the center manager of the branch, who is absconding in the financial scam that took place in the Gharghoda branch of Credit Access Grameen Limited, has been arrested by the Gharghoda police and sent on remand. In the year 2020, the branch manager is accused of embezzling a large amount collected from women’s groups. The case started with the complaint of the applicant Tribhuvan Ratre, in which he told that Mukesh Nande has committed fraud by not depositing the amount collected from the women’s groups in the branch.
Revelation of the incident and investigation process – During the investigation of the complaint sent to the Superintendent of Police, Raigad in November 2021, it was found that Mukesh Nande had collected an amount of ₹ 2,66,524 out of the total amount of ₹ 3,01,807 of the loan given to the women’s groups for business and trade and did not deposit it in the branch. Instead, he spent this amount for his personal use. On investigation of the complaint, a case was registered against Mukesh Nande on 29 March 2022 under Crime No. – 91/2022 Section 420 IPC.
In the investigation, the police recorded the statements of the applicant and witnesses and inspected the spot. Mukesh Nande was continuously absconding since the incident. After a lot of efforts, the police traced the accused and took him into custody. Mukesh Nande admitted during police interrogation that he had used ₹ 2,66,513 for eating and traveling. He had kept only the remaining amount of ₹ 1,100 with him, which was recovered by the police. Along with this, the police have also seized the sample signature of the accused.
Under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Divyaang Kumar Patel and SDOP Dharamjaigarh Siddhant Tiwari, Inspector Amit Tiwari thoroughly investigated the case and collected solid evidence against the accused and arrested the accused Mukesh Nande, father Ankur Nande, age 27 years, resident of village Tadola, police station Ghargoda, district Raigarh today and sent him on judicial remand.
