BMW, 4 BHK flat for girlfriend in ₹13,000 salary: Maharashtra govt employee's lavish lifestyle exposed
Maharashtra government employee earning ₹13,000/month accused of misappropriating ₹21 crore, funding a lavish lifestyle with luxury cars, flats, and diamond-studded glasses. Investigation underway.
BMW, 4 BHK flat for girlfriend in ₹13,000 salary: Maharashtra govt employee's lavish lifestyle exposed
Reports indicate that a contractual employee of the Maharashtra government with a monthly salary of ₹13000 was able to misappropriate crores from the very department he worked for. The fraud was detected as a result of his ostentatious display of wealth, which included a luxury car, a four-bedroom flat gifted to his girlfriend, and a diamond-studded pair of glasses.
The Maharashtra government employee Harsh Kumar Kshirsagar, along with his associates, has been reported to have siphoned off funds to the tune of ₹21 crore from the government, as per News18, which added upon noticing his lavish lifestyle on a salary of ₹13,000, his fellow officials had expressed perplexity.
Kshirsagar is claimed to have tricked the money from the departmental sports complex administration of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar through online banking with the assistance of his friends.
It was claimed by the report that one accused procured a BMW car, a motorcycle from the same brand and a 4 BHK flat facing the airport for his girlfriend, saying he even contracted some diamond-studded spectacles with a famous city jeweller.
Investigation also revealed that another contract working female's husband bought an SUV worth ₹35 million. According to preliminary findings cited in the report, the main accused, Harsh Kumar Anil Kshirsagar, has now gone underground with that SUV.
The accused executed the crime on the pretext of opening an account in the name of the sports complex at the Indian Bank, which was essentially meant for receiving government funds.
To authorize transactions, the deputy director of sports would be a signatory. Even so, Harsh Kumar Kshirsagar, along with the other two contract workers, Yashoda Shetty and her husband BK Jeevan, reportedly forged documents for provision to the bank.
According to sources, after activating Internet banking facilities on the forged documents, the accused transferred funds to their accounts. The entire fraud was going untraced for six months before it was detected by a departmental deputy director.
Statement from the police is awaited in the context.
