The Satara police arrested a husband-wife duo, Ganesh Sanjay Ghadge (30) and Pratiksha Popat Jadhav (22), for fraudulently submitting 30 applications to receive monetary benefits under the Chief Minister Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. The couple, residents of Nimsod village in Khatav tehsil, were apprehended on Wednesday after the authorities uncovered their scam.
According to the police, the fraud took place between August 14 and 27. Ghadge, who had recently lost his job as a security guard at Laxmi Industries in Bhiwandi, devised a plan to meet his financial needs. He submitted 30 applications under the Chief Minister’s scheme using different Aadhar cards for each application but provided his wife’s bank account details to receive the Rs1,500 payout allocated per individual by the state government.
The deception came to light when a woman from Panvel lodged a complaint, prompting the Satara district administration to form a three-member committee to investigate the case. Following the committee’s findings, the police filed a case against the couple and arrested them the following day. They were later presented in court and remanded to three days of police custody.
