Cops searching for Satish Mendhe, ex-Dy Director (Education), as his name also surfaced during investigations 

 

 The police crackdown in the bogus teachers recruitment scam continues, with another major arrest made on Friday by the Special Investigating Team (SIT). Former Deputy Director, Education, Nagpur Division, Vaishali Jamdar, was arrested from Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. In fact, Jamdar’s name had surfaced during the initial stages of investigation and she was issued summon to join the investigation.

 

But she continued to avoid the summons and finally the cops, after getting go ahead from senior officials of State Home Department, picked up Jamdar. Meanwhile, Satish Mendhe, former Dy Director, and brother of former Member of Parliament from Bhandara, has gone absconding, according to police. The investigation relates to the creation of fake Shalarth IDs between 2019 and 2024. So far, it has been revealed that 150 bogus IDs were allegedly created under the tenure of Vaishali Jamdar and Satish Mendhe, out of a total of 622 suspected fake entries.

 

A special committee led by Madhuri Savarkar from the School Education Department was appointed to investigate the matter. The findings led to a formal complaint being filed with the Cyber Police by then Dy Director, Education, Ulhas Narad, following which several arrests have been made. The arrest spree began earlier this week with the arrest of Laxman Mangham, followed by the detention of retired Dy Director and former Divisional Education Board Chairman Anil Pardhi on Wednesday.

 

On Thursday, the Cyber Police also arrested in-charge Deputy Director Chintaman Vanjari. Following further investigation, arrest warrants were issued for Vaishali Jamdar and Satish Mendhe. A police team travelled to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and arrested Vaishali Jamdar through a transit warrant, as it was expected to take more than 24 hours to bring her to Nagpur. The operation involved officials including Assistant Police Inspector Mulani from Sitabuldi Police Station, Assistant Sub-Inspector Chikhlikar, and a constable from Sadar Police Station. When a police team visited Satish Mendhe’s location, he was found to be missing and is currently considered absconding. Police efforts are ongoing to trace and arrest him.