Employee cheats trust

PUNE, JUNE 3: The Swargate police have registered a case of fraud in what appears to be one of the biggest scams involving nearly Rs eight lakh. On Monday, Anantrao Vithal Rao Patil, chairman of the Vishal Sayadhri Trust lodged a complaint alleging that the trust had been robbed of Rs 7,93,000 over a period of four years through forged cheques.

According to the FIR, the accused, Sadashiv Dnyanoba Khatpe allgedly forged the signatures of Patil and withdrew large sums of money between 1996 and 1999. Khatpe, a resident of Karandi in Bhor taluka, had been working for the trust as a temporary worker.

He was in possession of the cheque books of the trust. During this period he allegedly forged signatures of Patil and other office bearers and withdrew money from the Trust8217;s account with the Central Bank of India8217;s Tilak Road branch.