India, May 13 -- Pune city police have registered a case against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Pune unit president Deepak Mankar and two others for allegedly fabricating documents to hide dubious financial dealings.

The FIR also names Raunak Jain and Shantanu Kukde, with police stating that Kukde - a party functionary - is already in custody in a separate case involving serious sexual offences. He has been booked under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

Kukde was earlier arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two women, one of them a minor, under the guise of offering financial aid through his NGO, Red House Foundation.

"While investigating that ca...