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EOW of Kolhapur police arrests five people in Sant Balumama Temple scam case

Kolhapur, Sep 24 (UNI) Five persons on Thursday have been arrested by Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Kolhapur police in Sant Balumama Devsthan scam of Rs 60.74 crore in Shri Khetra Adamapur in Bhudargad tehsil of this district.
According to Bhudargad police, a case has been registered against them Charity Inspector of the Devsthan Ragini Khadke, and some others in this embezzlement case.
The Economic Crimes Investigation Branch team of Kolhapur Police is investigating this case and five people from Nidhori and Murgud areas have been arrested in connection with the land purchase and sale transaction. Their names have been identified as Bhishma Suryavanshi, Ranjit Suryavanshi, Prakash Mangle, Sagar Shinde, Tanmay Bachankar.
The bail application of the main suspects in this case, Ragini Khadke and Secretary Raosaheb Konekari, has been rejected by the district court on August 31. Moreover, Ragini Khadke is still absconding since the registration of the case.
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