Overview
- PSI Pramod Ravindra Chintamani was caught near Untadya Maruti Temple accepting about ₹46.5 lakh, with ₹1.5 lakh in real notes and the rest dummy currency, according to ACB officials.
- An FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered at Samarth police station, and a court remanded Chintamani to ACB custody until November 6.
- Searches at the officer’s residence led to the seizure of roughly ₹51 lakh in cash, and investigators said they are examining his movable and immovable assets.
- Two mobile phones were confiscated for forensic analysis as the ACB probes whether a senior police inspector was also involved, as alleged in the complaint.
- In parallel actions, Maharashtra authorities dismissed two Mumbai policemen previously trapped by the ACB in a ₹2.3 lakh case, and J&K ACB arrested a patwari in Samba and recovered over ₹35 lakh from his vehicle.