Gurav was arrested by the Kolhapur police on Wednesday and handed over to a team of the Pune police which was camping there. He was brought to Pune on Thursday. The Khadki court remanded Gurav in police custody till July 11.
Gurav was initially booked for cheating. However, after investigations revealed that he had allegedly issued forged appointment letters to the youths, he was also charged with criminal breach of trust and forgery under sections 406, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.
Senior inspector Anil Patil of the anti-extortion cell of the crime branch presented Gurav before judicial magistrate (first class) S K Bangad at around 4.15 pm. The prosecution filed a remand plea seeking Gurav's police custody for 14 days.
Patil told the court that the police had recovered Rs 3.5 lakh from Gurav after he was taken into custody. He had deposited the money taken from the youths in different bank accounts in Kolhapur. The police suspect that Gurav's bungalow at Aptenagar in Kolhapur was purchased from the scam money, Patil said.
Patil said it was necessary to find out whether there was a nexus between Gurav and officials at the BEG. He said the police also needed time to find out from where Gurav had got the fake appointment letters, joining letters and medical examination forms printed. They also had to find out how he had forged signatures of army officials and where the fake rubber stamps were prepared.
Assistant public prosecutor Sheela Khadke said the gravity of the crime was serious. She said that while 21 youths had initially come forward to complain against Gurav, another 40 youths assembled at the crime branch office with their complaints after he was arrested. She sought time to find out whether the accused had purchased moveable or immovable property with the scam money.
However, defence lawyer Milind Shelar said the reasons mentioned in the remand plea were not sufficient to seek Gurav's custody. He claimed that the police had completed their investigations as Gurav was in their custody for two days. He pleaded that his client be sent to magisterial custody.
Asked about his treatment by the police when in custody, Gurav told the magistrate that he had no complaints. The court then remanded him in police custody for eight days.
Sandip Gurav had been declared a deserter after he fled from the Indian army in 2010, senior police inspector Anil Patil told the Khadki magisterial court on Thursday.
When the magistrate asked Gurav what he was doing presently, he said he was studying. He told the magistrate that he had joined the army in 2004 and had served at various places, but that he had left the service later.
Patil said Gurav would pose as an army subedar while offering jobs to the youths at the BEG. "He collected Rs 2.5 lakh from each youth and issued them fake appointment letters after conducting their medical and written examinations," he added.
via The Times of India
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