After Balewadi wedding,wanted police inspector Deshmukh held

A day after the seizure,the arrested driver produced a receipt of a trading company to prove that the wheat was not from the PDS. Later,investigations revealed that the trading company, Pandurang Trader,did not exist.

Deshmukh,who was the then in-charge of the Mohol police station and a PSI,Madan Sisal,were made the investigating officers. The investigation did not move forward until the Bombay High Court gave directions to register a case based on a public interest litigation filed by an NGO.

The case was handed over to D S Swami,deputy superintendent of police,Akluj division.

Tushar Joshi,additional superintendent of police with Solapur rural police,said,“Both Sisal and Deshmukh were made accused in the case recently. By then Deshmukh had been transferred to the control room at Solapur rural police headquarters.

He,however,soon went on leave and remained untraceable. As per information received by the investigating officials,Deshmukh was supposed to come for the wedding of Dilip Deshmukh’s daughter. Our team laid a trap outside the marriage venue and arrested him when he stepped out from there.”

Joshi added,“Deshmukh used to claim that he was close to Vilasrao Deshmukh,but was not. We have learnt that he was related to some persons from Babhulgaon in Latur district.” Vilasrao hails from the same village. Police sources said that investigations revealed that the wheat was to ultimately reach a bakery owner,Sunil Sadarangani who was also arrested later and released on bail. Joshi added,“We are yet to file a chargesheet in the case and investigations are on.”