Accused sent fake mail to MIDC division office to stay at Mantralaya

NAGPUR: On the date of March 28, Dilip Khode, who was caught in the trap while accepting ₹25 lakh from Regional Transport Officer Ravindra Bhuyar, is now the target of the Amravati police.

He also allegedly sent a fake email to the division office of MIDC in the Amravati district. And it appears that the email was from the Ministry of Industry itself, in October 2022 he has been re-appointed as Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD).

They had also allegedly made fake attendance registers. These emails were also deleted later. Dilip Khode is basically a Class-II technician in MIDC. And was also working as OSD in the ministry since 2009 with various ministers of previous governments. After the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was ousted, his OSD status was completely abolished.

In the month of October last year, Sources in the Anti-Corruption Bureau and Amravati police, which are also probing Khoda’s role in allegedly blackmailing RTO Ravindra Bhuyar, said he might have misled his parent office in the MIDC Amravati division.

Matter came to the fore during the investigation

“After the end of the OSD tenure, Dilip Khode was to rejoin his post at MIDC Amravati Division, But he had reported ill,” said an officer of Amravati City Police. “Being associated with this place for more than a decade, Dilip Khode had access to various ministries and departments in the ministry,” the officer said.

“We think Dilip Khode used the ID of Ministry of Industries to send a mail to the Amravati division office of MIDC, Claimed that he has been reappointed as OSD, and also shared an attendance sheet, After which his salary was also resumed by MIDC,” Amravati policeman said.

This matter also came to the fore during the investigation of the State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), who arrested him for demanding money from Ravindra Bhuyar to ensure that he was a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC), The sexual harassment allegations against him were not raised in the council. His accomplice Shekhar Bhoyar was also arrested later.

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