PTI, Mumbai
Published by: Abhishek Dixit
Updated Sat, 18 Jun 2022 09:30 PM IST
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Appasaheb Ramchandra Deshmukh, former treasurer of Shree Chhatrapati Shivaji Education Society (SCSES), Kolhapur, Maharashtra on charges of money laundering. He is accused of duping students in the name of getting admission in a medical college which was not recognized for MBBS course. The agency has produced him in a special court and has taken him into custody till June 24.
Appasaheb’s brother and former president of the society, Mahadev Ramchandra Deshmukh, was arrested in May, the ED said. He is in judicial custody. Appasaheb was the treasurer of the society from 2011 to 2016. He, along with his brother and other fraudsters, had collected around Rs 29 crore from 350 students on the pretext of admission in MBBS. To hide the source of the money, the amount was taken in cash and deposited in the bank in the name of Appasaheb and his family members. The report is registered at Vaduj police station in Satara district.