Extortion case | Railway officer mastermind of extortion racket, not cooperating in probe: GRP to court

In the remand report seeking her custody, the GRP said that while they have recovered 4.5 lakh from three accused, Ingawale, who was the mastermind of the racket, has not co-operated in the probe so far. “Ingawale has been deliberately trying to mislead the probe by giving wrong information thereby creating obstacles in the probe,” the report said.

The police further said that while three private persons arrested along with Ingawale provided the Rs 4.5 lakh given to them, Ingawale has not provided them information about the remaining Rs six lakh extorted from the victim.

“We suspect after paying commission to others, she kept a major chunk of the money with herself. During the probe however she has tried to confuse us and is not willing to mention where the money has been kept,” the official said.

The official added that one of the arrested accused Nilesh Kadsulkar with whom Ingawale co-ordinated already has two cheating cases registered against him in the past.

The police have found footage in which Ingawale is seen with other accused before the incident took place. They also have call data records which she had been in touch with Katsuklar for several years.

Apart from suspending 13 railway officials in the past three months, GRP Commissioner Rakesh Kalasagar earlier this week transferred nearly 16 railway officials who faced such allegations.

Those transferred include Ingawale’s sister Sujara Gaikwad along with 15 others from various railway police stations to its HQ in order to curb these practices.