Sports complex scam: goggle worth 16 L seized

Lokmat News Network

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar:

The investigation into the Rs 21.59 crore scam of the Divisional Sports Complex is at its final stage. The police are evaluating the assets purchased by the mastermind of the scam, Harsh Kumar Kshirsagar, from all this money. Out of the five glasses, the police seized a diamond-studded goggle worth Rs 16 lakh and sent them abroad for repairs.

Harsh Kumar (21) embezzled Rs 21.59 crore from the funds received for the complex. He bought luxurious flats, expensive cars, diamond-studded goggles and glasses and foreign trips from this amount. He had transferred this amount into 24 bank accounts.

He squandered money on family, girlfriends, and friends, kept gold biscuits and jewellery with his maternal uncle and a flat with his partner. Economic Offences Wing Inspector Sambhaji Pawar is investigating the case. A charge sheet will be filed soon. All strong evidence is being collected and the police will demand a forensic audit of the complex.

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180 glasses with diamond

The accused had purchased five glasses worth Rs 40 lakh from the scam money. During an argument, one of his glasses with 180 diamonds, worth Rs 16 lakh broke. He sent it to Germany for repairs through the seller by paying Rs 2.5 lakh. The police brought back it from the same seller and seized it.

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No bail for anyone

The accused of the scam who were arrested so far have not been granted bail yet.

The names of the accused are Harsh Kumar Kshirsagar, Anil Kshirsagar ( his father), Manisha Kshirsagar (mother), Hitesh Ananda Shardul (uncle), Yashoda Shetty (colleague), B K Jeevan (Yashoda's husband), Arpita Wadkar (friend), Swapnil Tangde (clerk, sports department), Sachin Ramesh Waghmare (joint manager, Indian Bank), Nitin Narayanrao Lakhole (clerk, Indian Bank) and Nagesh Shripad Dongre (friend). All of them are in Harsul's jail.