Mahananda dairy fraud: FIR against ex-bosses for illegal Rs 65L loan
Loan was given to Bhoom Tehsil Milk Cooperative, which had a credit limit of only Rs 2.5 lakh, in 2009.
With regard to an illegal loan that was given by the Mahananda Dairy – the largest milk cooperative in the state – to the Bhoom Tehsil Milk Cooperative, an FIR has been filed against IAS officer SVR Srinivas, former chairperson of the cooperative Vinayak Patil and other directors, by the Vanrai police.
The auditor for dairies, Sadanand Purav, had written about the wrongdoings of Mahananda in a 2012 report, which also mentioned a loan worth Rs 65 lakh that was given to Bhoom in 2009. The cooperative later closed down in 2013 due to bad debts.
Naik has also filed an FIR against officers like Nandlal Vispute and S Vavhal, who now work with the electricity board. Srinivas was the former managing director of Mahananda and is now an additional commissioner of the BMC.
Mumbai Mirror had done a series of stories in July 2012 on the squandering of money by Mahananda and published a report by Auditor Sadanand Purav. This paper had also written about how Mahananda directors gifted 126 gold coins to commemorate its silver jubilee by spending Rs 20.21 lakh and gifted Titan watches worth Rs 74,250 to people.
Apart from Mote, the FIR mentions former chairman Vinayak Patil as the first accused. The other accused are Shivram Jadhav, Rajsinh Mohite Patil, Pundlik Kaje, Shantaram Deshmukh, Subhash Suryavanshi, Rajendra Jadhav, Neelkanth Kodhe, Sridhar Thakare, Deepak, Patil, Ramrao Vadkute, Rajendra Suryavanshi, Sunil Funde, Ranjana Padole, Kaushalya Pawar, Geeta Chaudhari and Himmatrao Pawar— who were on board of directors.
Despite repeated attempts, Srinivas did not respond to our calls, while Mote was unavailable for comment.
Patil, however, said that he had no idea about the contents of the FIR.
With regard to an illegal loan that was given by the Mahananda Dairy – the largest milk cooperative in the state – to the Bhoom Tehsil Milk Cooperative, an FIR has been filed against IAS officer SVR Srinivas, former chairperson of the cooperative Vinayak Patil and other directors, by the Vanrai police.
The auditor for dairies, Sadanand Purav, had written about the wrongdoings of Mahananda in a 2012 report, which also mentioned a loan worth Rs 65 lakh that was given to Bhoom in 2009. The cooperative later closed down in 2013 due to bad debts.
Activist Shree Naik, who registered the case against these directors said, “The milk cooperative from Bhoom tehsil could have been given an advance or loan up to only Rs 2.5 lakh for the purchase of milk from small dairy owners. A cooperative is given a loan or an advance amount of up to 10 times the milk it supplied, and Bhoom Tehsil Milk Cooperative could have been given up to only Rs 2.5 lakh. But they were given Rs 65 lakh in April, 2009. They never supplied milk after this and they never repaid the loan till March 31, 2011. In 2013, the cooperative closed down. The audit report had sought action and I pursued the matter with the authorities. An offence has been registered for criminal breach of trust and conspiracy. Bhoom milk cooperative was then headed by former NCP MLA Rahul Mote.”
Naik has also filed an FIR against officers like Nandlal Vispute and S Vavhal, who now work with the electricity board. Srinivas was the former managing director of Mahananda and is now an additional commissioner of the BMC.
Mumbai Mirror had done a series of stories in July 2012 on the squandering of money by Mahananda and published a report by Auditor Sadanand Purav. This paper had also written about how Mahananda directors gifted 126 gold coins to commemorate its silver jubilee by spending Rs 20.21 lakh and gifted Titan watches worth Rs 74,250 to people.
Apart from Mote, the FIR mentions former chairman Vinayak Patil as the first accused. The other accused are Shivram Jadhav, Rajsinh Mohite Patil, Pundlik Kaje, Shantaram Deshmukh, Subhash Suryavanshi, Rajendra Jadhav, Neelkanth Kodhe, Sridhar Thakare, Deepak, Patil, Ramrao Vadkute, Rajendra Suryavanshi, Sunil Funde, Ranjana Padole, Kaushalya Pawar, Geeta Chaudhari and Himmatrao Pawar— who were on board of directors.
Despite repeated attempts, Srinivas did not respond to our calls, while Mote was unavailable for comment.
Patil, however, said that he had no idea about the contents of the FIR.
