Former Beed Education Officer Arrested In ₹160-Crore Shalarth Fraud
Shashikant Hingonekar, former Beed Primary Education Officer and Marathi author, arrested in Dhule for ₹160-crore Shalarth ID scam.
Fraud occurred during his 2011-2015 tenure as Secondary Education Officer in Jalgaon, where he allegedly approved fake Shalarth IDs for 259 individuals.
Shalarth IDs are unique identification numbers required for salary disbursement to school employees in Maharashtra.
The scam caused a loss of nearly ₹160 crore to the state exchequer, with investigators probing possible similar irregularities in Beed.
Arrest has intensified scrutiny of the Shalarth approval mechanism, with more revelations expected.
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