Times of India; Abhishek Choudhari; Mar 25, 2011,
NAGPUR: The deputy director for education (Nagpur division) Mahesh Karajgaonkar is in for serious trouble. On Thursday, city police registered an offence against Karajgaonkar along with another education officer under various IPC sections including Sec 420 (cheating) and 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy). Another employee of the education department Someshwar Netam has also been booked in the case.
The case pertains to irregularities in payments to an aided primary school Nitin Prathmik Shala (Nitin primary school). The school was derecognized by the education department in 2006 after it was found that it was not built at the location for which permission had been granted. The school records and its students were handed over to a new management appointed by the education department. As per rules, the salary grants should have stopped with immediate effect.
However with the aid of Right to Information (RTI) Gunwant Deshkar, a social worker, discovered that salary payments to the school continued till mid-2010. The Sitabuldi police have now registered a FIR on Deshkar's complaint.
Karajgaonkar spoke to TOI from Delhi over the phone and said he was not even aware of this matter and would be coming back to Nagpur only next week. "This is nothing big or special, it seems like some office related issue. I am not even aware of name of this school or the complainant. But I will look into it now that you have told me that a FIR has been registered," he added. His subordinate officer and co-accused Someshwar Netam's phone remained unreachable.
The Sitabuldi police said the FIR was registered on Thursday and further investigations will now commence.
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