Mulund: Abhinav Shetkari Shikshan Mandal chairman Mohan Patil accused of fraud

The Navghar police in Mulund have registered a case against executive chairman Mohan Patil of the Abhinav Shetkari Shikshan Mandal (ASSM) for allegedly misappropriating funds. The educational trust runs schools and colleges.

The case was registered following a complaint by five other management committee members who allege that Patil has usurped the trust's money in ways more than one.

According to Ashok Patil, a trustee of the ASSM, Mohan Patil discontinued the earlier women micro-finance group and made another in his father's name to mismanage funds. The micro-finace group is entrusted with the task of managing the mid-day meal scheme.

Ashok Patil said, "Mohan Patil made students purchase digital identity cards in for rupees 110 when it actually costs only rupees 20. He has also changed the names of the trustee account in the banks without informing trust members. Not only this he charged Rs 1,200 from students appearing for SSC and HSC board exams without giving them receipts when the actually cost should not be more then Rs 250. The embezzlement is to the tune of 10 crore."

According to the trustee, Mohan Patil had also forged the former trustee Praful Patil signatures after murder in 2010.

Mohan Patil has rejected the allegations. He said, "The trustees who have filed an FIR against me had lost their post in the management committee. They want to grab the land. They had also taken a loan of Rs 10 crore which I had repaid."

‘BASELESS CHARGES’

• ASSM’s executive chairman Mohan Patil termed all the allegations against him baseless
   
• He said the trustees targeted him as they had lost their post in the management committee.