Nagpur: The tainted Secretary of Nirmal Ujjwal Credit Society Ltd Pramod Manmode continues to hog headlines for one fraud or another. In a recent case, Manmode and others were booked by Nandanvan Police, for duping the residents of Nirmal Nagari condominium.
The accused have been identified as Pramod Natthuji Manmode, and other office-bearers of the Society. The complaint was lodged by Prafulla Namdeo Karpe (48), a resident of House No. 29, Row House, Nirmal Nagari.
According to police, Manmode and others floated a plan of developing a housing scheme on 21 acres and lured the members of the credit society for investment. However, Manmode had not constructed the housing scheme on 21 acres and kept four acre land reserved. Of this four acre land, Manmode sold two acre land to Prashant Mule, Satish Ramteke and Amol Patil at Rs 7.51 crore. Manmode duped the investors by selling the land to other persons.
An offence under Sections 420, 409, 406 and 120 (b) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered by Nandanvan Police.
It is pertinent to recall that Pramod Manmode and Branch Manager Sachin Bomble, the masterminds in the alleged Rs 3.5 crore Nirmal Urban Cooperative Bank fraud, were chargesheeted by Nandanvan police in December last year. The Nagpur police confirmed Manmode’s involvement in duping Mukesh Barbate and Kunal Yelne in its 43-page chargesheet submitted before the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), according to a report in local English daily.
According to report, involvement of the other Board of Directors, including Vamanrao Balatkar, Satyajit Trivedi, Vitthalrao Gawande, Pradeep Raut, Shivraj Gujjar, Laxminarayan Padak, Babanrao Tidke, Rashmi Thakre, Savita Bobde and Nareshchandra Lakhotia has not been found in the police investigation. As strong evidence was not found in the investigation, no chargesheet was filed against the accused Board of Directors. Initially, the Nagpur police did not entertain complaints filed against Manmode. Cops only acted after one of the complainants, Kunal Yelne, approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the report added.
Nandanwan police, in the chargesheet, stated that Sachin Bomble was the Manager at Nirmal Urban Cooperative Bank’s Branch in Kamptee. While working there, he allegedly increased the cash credit limit against the loan of account holders Baba Readymade of Rahimullah Adil Mumtaz Ahmed Adil, Idu Manchanda, Rameshwar Bawankar, Ansh Trading Company of Manish Ghavghave and Salman Chhaware and swindled Rs 3.5 crore. The police investigation further revealed that after committing the fraud, Bomble in connivance with Nirmal Ujjwal Credit Cooperative Society’s Secretary Pramod Manmode had hatched a conspiracy and made complainant Yelne and another victim, Mukesh Barbate, mortgage their properties in the society. Against the transaction, they got a Rs 5 crore loan, Rs 2.5 crore each approved from the society.
