MHADA paper leak: Pune cyber police file 3,500-page chargesheet against accused

Pune cyber police have filed a 3,500-page chargesheet against Dr Pritesh Deshmukh, director of GA Software Technology Private Limited, and agents Ankush Harkal and Santosh Harkal

Pune: The Pune cyber police have filed a 3,500-page chargesheet against Dr Pritesh Deshmukh, director of GA Software Technology Private Limited, and agents Ankush Harkal and Santosh Harkal before the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Shraddha Dolare in connection with the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) paper leak case. The police have arrested six persons besides Deshmukh and Harkals in the case. The other three have been identified as Jamal Ibrahim Pathan (47), Kaleem Gulsher Khan (52) and Deepak Vikram Bhusari (32).

Pune cyber police have filed a 3,500-page chargesheet against Dr Pritesh Deshmukh, director of GA Software Technology Private Limited, and agents Ankush Harkal and Santosh Harkal. ((PIC FOR REPRESENTATION))

According to Pune police commissioner Amitabh Gupta, while investigating the health department paper leak case, the police received information regarding malpractices related to MHADA paper and teams raided places across the state and arrested accused involved in the paper leak case.

The state government had appointed GA Software Technology Private Limited to select recruits for 565 posts (Group A to Group D) from December 12 to December 20, 2021. The state housing department on March 3 blacklisted the said company selected to conduct exams for recruitment in MHADA. The state government cancelled the exam following arrests in December. Preliminary police investigations revealed they had targeted to earn between ₹10 lakh and ₹12 lakh per candidate.