Pune: Retd Command Hospital staffer booked again for cheating defence job aspirants

The accused has been identified as Vinayak Kadale, a resident of Kondhwa, who worked at the Command Hospital as a civilian defence employee in the administrative section and took voluntary retirement in 2019.

Hagawane has alleged that between November 2021 and 2023, Kadale took a total of Rs 49 lakh from over 40 job aspirants — men and women — promising them jobs at the Command Hospital. (File Photo)

Pune city police have registered one more offence against a retired civilian defence employee of Command Hospital in Pune, earlier arrested by them, on charges of defrauding over 40 people of Rs 49 lakh by promising them jobs at the hospital. The 53-year-old was earlier arrested in March in a joint operation by the Military Intelligence and the Pune City police.

The accused has been identified as Vinayak Kadale, a resident of Kondhwa, who worked at the Command Hospital as a civilian defence employee in the administrative section and took voluntary retirement in 2019.

Kadale was arrested in March in a joint operation of the Military Intelligence unit of Southern Command and a team from the Kondhwa police police station.

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Probe had revealed that Kadale had taken money from at least 58 aspirants from Pune, Solapur, Kolhapur, Satara and Sangli promising them jobs for positions like stenographer, gardener, clerk in the Indian Army and some establishments of the armed forces.

On Monday, a fresh case was registered against Kadale, based on a complaint filed by Rajendra Hagwane (53), a retired teacher from Dhanawadi in Pune, whose daughter is among those duped by him.

Hagawane has alleged that between November 2021 and 2023, Kadale took a total of Rs 49 lakh from over 40 job aspirants — men and women — promising them jobs at the Command Hospital. In December 2022, he even sent these aspirants fake admit cards for the recruitment exam. When these aspirants went to the Command Hospital, they found no exam was scheduled and Kadale had taken voluntary retirement.

These aspirants kept pursuing the issue with Kadale but he soon stopped responding to them. After the registration of the offence in March, these aspirants approached the police and a case was registered.

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